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...Moscow, seemed old and tired. During his two-year U.S. tenure he had avoided the press, neglected receptions, become bored with the intricate economic problems which are the daily grist of present U.S.British relations. After 42 years in the diplomatic service, he was going back to his estate at Loch Eck in Scotland, to raise sheep and cattle, do some shooting on the moors. His replacement, Sir Oliver Franks, will arrive in the U.S. this week...
After the wedding he repaired to his beloved estate of Loch Eck in Argyllshire. His housekeeper there had complained that a local witch was slowly destroying a stone wall that obstructed a path used by witches northward bound to sabbat revels. Inverchapel ordered the wall repaired. Then he solemnly exorcised the witch. Among the paraphernalia of exorcism: a fire on the house terrace, burning brandy, and champagne (taken internally by those in attendance). The housekeeper was satisfied. After all, she said, it was probably only a "wee witch...
Remarried. Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr (pronounced "car"), Lord Inverchapel, first Baron of Loch Eck, 65, Britain's tweedy Ambassador to the U.S.; and Chilean beauty Maria Teresa Diaz Salas, fortyish, whom he divorced two years ago; in Edinburgh (see FOREIGN NEWS...
Pancakes. But most sensible people were inclined to laugh it all off. Scientists and aviation officials, to whom the mystified U.S. turned for an explanation, were sure that the whole thing was nothing more than "mass hysteria." Englishmen began to compare the "flying saucers" to Scotland's Loch Ness monster...
...Government lobby, members chorused Scotland's Loch Lomond, Yorkshire's On Ilkley Moor and the Welsh Cwm Rhondda. But when jubilant Laborites swung their voices into Socialism's anthem, The Red Flag, Tory Sir Gifford Fox rose in angry protest. Laborites shouted, "It's May Day," and pointed to the clock; it had ticked past midnight. The Speaker announced that he had no jurisdiction over what the honorable members might sing in the lobbies...