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Author Murdoch sets her novel in the form of a parody of 19th century romanticism. The heroine, a schoolteacher named Marian, agrees to take a job as governess in a country house on a remote British seacoast. When she alights from the train, the locals stare at her strangely; no, there is no taxi or bus that runs to Gaze Castle...
...What have the following names in common? Douglas MacArthur, Pierre Mendes-France, Gina Lollobrigida. Frances Perkins, Henry Ford, Billy Graham, Casey Stengel, Jean Monnet, Walter Reuther and Marian Anderson...
Blonde, beautiful, and serenely inaccessible to all but her oldest friends, Princess Grace of Monaco, 33, made the oh-so official visits to Philadelphia landmarks, her visit back home climaxed by a gala Crystal Ball, where she greeted 600 elite guests, among them Contralto Marian Anderson. Though honored by the sponsoring Fashion Group of Philadelphia, the Princess bypassed local couturiers for a deep blue organza gown by Balenciaga. Grace's mother, Mrs. John B. Kelly Sr., wore a blush pink satin frock purchased in Atlantic City. Said she unblushingly, "I don't pay any attention to designers...
...member of St. Bernard Masonic Lodge of Boxboro and the Boxboro Grange, Rev. Oxnard leaves two sons, Dr. Edward W. Oxnard '32, of Cheshire, Conn., and Bredford F. Oxnard of Providence, R.I., and a daughter, Mrs. Marian O. Staples of Wisconsin. Rev. Oxnard had eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren. He will be buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Action...
...Tender Grass (NBC, 2-2:30 p.m.). Repeat of a Passover drama by the late Morton Wishengrad, with Marian Seldes, Sam Wanamaker and Martin Brooks...