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With the spunk of a David attacking Goliath, the Jack-in-the-Box fast-food chain is slinging pebbles at the monarch of hamburgerland, McDonald's. For the past seven weeks, TV ads in seven U.S. cities have touted such Jack attractions as spotless premises, new uniforms, quick service and indoor seating. So far, so conventional-but as the ad ends, the TV screen fills with the well-scrubbed faces of eight Jack-in-the-Box employees who squeal: "Watch out, McDonald's! Watch out, McDonald...
Died. Otto Soglow, 74, Manhattan-born cartoonist best known as the creator of The Little King, the mustachioed mini-monarch whose antics have been a comic-page staple in more than 100 newspapers since 1934; of an apparent heart attack; in New York City...
Khalid, variously known to his countrymen as "the quiet prince" and "the man of the desert," is a most reluctant monarch. Like Faisal, he had a circumscribed education, acquired in mosque schools and with Islamic tutors. From childhood he was close to Faisal, and although he served under his elder brother in various government posts from 1934 on, he never developed much taste for public affairs. His passions are falconry (he has one of the best collections of falcons in the world) and the desert life. In earlier years he liked nothing better than to visit tribes in the desert...
Died. Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz al Saud, 69, austere absolute monarch of Saudi Arabia; of gunshot wounds inflicted by his nephew, Prince Faisal ibn Musaed; during a royal audience in the Saudi capital of Riyadh (see THE U.S. & THE WORLD...
...assisted by the fact that a) it requires something like five minutes to load and aim a matchlock gun and b) using this very latest thing in weaponry, an entire squad of men is likely to miss a stationary target not ten paces away. A little later the French monarch and his retinue pause on their way to a siege for a little lunch in the fields. A portable calliope plays a jolly tune while in the background, unheeded by all, the Cardinal's men hang traitors from a picturesque tree...