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...King went up the steps to the entrance of the nearby Aqsa Mosque, slipped off his shoes, prepared to join 4,000 other Moslems at prayer. At that point a young man in Western clothes stepped from behind an iron grille gate. Within a few paces of the unsuspecting monarch he whipped out an American-made automatic, fired five bullets into Abdullah's face and chest...
...Yankees games for radio & TV (in New York, Philadelphia and Boston); spoke and played softball (pitcher) at three charity benefits (in Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Long Island) ; recorded three Popsicle Clubhouse shows and made two Movietone newsreels. He also added another award to his big collection-this time, the "Mighty Monarch of TV" award ("whatever the hell that is"), presented, with two kisses, by television's Faye Emerson. Then early this week, he flew to Detroit for a more specific honor: announcing, for the 12th time, baseball's annual All-Star game...
Also on display is an order from the French monarch commanding Lafayette to defend Paris during the Revolution of 1789 and his French National Guard sword...
...giving up his throne next month, two months ahead of the promised date. Then His Majesty, with his commoner wife, the Princess de Rethy, departed for a two-week vacation at the French Riviera. After the coronation of Leopold's eldest son July 17, Belgium's new monarch will be Baudouin...
...King Frederik of Denmark, "strongest monarch in history" [TIME, May 21]: this claim by his onetime physical instructor, in behalf of the Danish sovereign, might reasonably be disputed by a Thracian peasant, C. Julius Maximinus...