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Indecent-Ridiculous. After the debacle of Dien Bien Phu, Le Van Vien stayed briefly on in the new independent state of South Viet Nam, and even made a brief, last-ditch attempt to hold his ground before the moralistic new broom of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. Then he prudently fled...
Among the early Marquises de Portago, one helped to drive the Moors from Spain, another conquered the Canary Islands, a third sailed with Conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez unsuccessful expedition to Florida. The current and 17th Marquis de Portago does his dangerous living in the world of sports. At 28. lean and swarthy Alfonso de Portago has been a champion jai-alai player, a fine swimmer, a superb polo player, a leading gentleman jockey, an Olympic bobsled star, and is one of the best sports-car racers in the world. When he rolls his sleek, shovel-nosed...
Alfonso is frank to admit that he also has another healthy advantage over many competitors. "I have the good fortune to have a private income. Without private funds, drivers have problems with sponsors and such." As if his income were not enough to keep his American-born wife Carol, a...
There are other top couturiers, each with his champions. There is young (30) Marquis Hubert Taffin de Givenchy, a gangling giant (6 ft. 7 in.) with a title more than four centuries old, whose gambit is daring colors and bizarre fabrics. In the Rue Cambon, Coco Chanel has staged a...
Badge of Courage. Anyone with a taste for such high-speed thrills and the price of a ticket to St. Moritz can try the Cresta chute for 24 Swiss francs ($5.60). During most of its accident-spotted, 72-year history, Cresta has catered to blue-blooded sportsmen-nobility and well...