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Prompted by an unprecedented press campaign (in which Pravda devoted a third of its space to Nehru, including a Page One picture, a rare compliment to a non-Communist foreigner), the crowd released white doves, threw bouquets into Nehru's lap, or broke the sidelines to heap strings of lilacs on Nehru's daughter, Mrs. Indira Gandhi (no kin of the late great Mahatma, who is described in the latest Soviet Encyclopedia as an enemy of the people...
...Junior T.T. (for machines up to 350 cc.) went to an Italian Moto Guzzi; the Senior T.T. (for 500-cc. bikes) was won easily by British Motorcycle Champion Geoff Duke, mounted on a four-cylinder Italian Gilera. Duke's best time over a 37¼ mile lap: 99.97 m.p.h...
Died. Bill Vukovich, 36, two-time winner (1953 and 1954) of the Memorial Day Indianapolis Speedway 500-mile race; in a five-car pile-up as he led the pack on the 57th lap (see SPORT...
...basement, directly below Faust's vocal soul-struggles, Mephistopheles (Basso Nicola Moscona) paces nervously, dressed in evening clothes, redlined Inverness cape, with top hat and cane. Three grips stand ready at the trapdoor platform. Another maestro, with a score on his lap, sits near by. Mephistopheles clears his throat, begins la-la-la softly. The maestro, straining to hear the orchestra, says, "Ready!" and Mephisto steps onto the platform...
...pace and charm. Spain's top scenic designer, Sigfredo Burman, speckled the mythical isle of Bali Ha'i with miniature lights that blink by night, put ripples in the sea, installed clouds that moved swimmingly across pink-and-azure sky. and devised ocean waters to lap seductively at the sandy shores...