Word: kristiansand
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...desperate mayor of Sogne reinforced his police force (one man) with 40 others from the nearby city of Kristiansand, and the Sogne militia was alerted for the first time since the war. A battle of organists erupted briefly in the Lutheran church, with the aged local man reportedly being elbowed aside for a more accomplished player from Kristiansand. Back in the States, reporters tracked down Anne-Marie's uncle, Andrew Swenson. at whose Bronx home she stayed when she first came to the U.S. in 1956. A New York City mounted policeman. Uncle Andrew took a melancholy stance beside...
Thousands of Norwegians and scores of newsmen greeted Governor Rockefeller at Kristiansand airport. Three photographers were knocked down and trampled, and a flying wedge of Rockefellers protected Anne-Marie from being crushed. Rocky embraced Anne-Marie and called her a "wonderful and intelligent girl." He shook hands with her leathery father, Kristian Rasmussen, 67, who was also being jostled, and asked Anne-Marie to tell him in Norwegian that he was a "good sport." One of Steven's sisters exclaimed at seeing Anne-Marie's brightly embroidered blouse and dirndl skirt: "What a pretty dress! Is it Swedish...
...came out of semi-retirement in Norway to return to opera and the world's concert stages. She wanted to quit while she was still in top voice, she said. Besides, she was just plain tired of public life. She wanted to retire to her big house in Kristiansand, on the southern coast of Norway, and sing only when she felt like...
Personal Life: Married Sept.11, 1931, in Kristiansand, Norway, to Norwegian-born Annelise Sorensen. Two daughters and a son: Grace, 19, Joan, 15, and Christopher, 2. In appearance, balding and wiry (5 ft. 11 ½ in., 160 Ibs.) ; retiring, scholarly and shy. For relaxation he most enjoys: reading (favorites: Tolstoy, Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gibbon) ; piano and guitar; heavy outdoor work on his Pennsylvania farm...
Conditioned Reflex. In Richland Center, Wis., awaiting a hearing on charges of stealing a car from a used-car lot, Ervin Kristiansand and Herb Weiland broke out of jail, escaped in another car stolen from the same...