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Britain's honeymooning Princess Margaret, shipmate of Photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones on the royal yacht Britannia, was still dreamily island-hopping in the Caribbean amidst calypso rhythms, dusky skins and steel bands. Landing at Dominica, largest of the Windward Islands, Margaret and Tony had hoped to motor about quietly. But the islanders-some 5,000 of them-turned out in force to cheer them and present the princess with a bouquet as wild as her unruly locks. The half-royal couple will return to Britain next week, leaving behind a wistful rumor that Margaret may be the next Governor...
...Belgian government last week regretfully announced that it could not give the final results of the Congo's nationwide elections. Among the reasons: ¶In the Sankuru River, a motor launch carrying ballot boxes downstream struck a sandbar and sank. Boxes containing 10,-ooo ballots disappeared in a swirling mass of crocodiles...
BIGGEST U.S. ADVERTISER in 1959 in major media was General Motors ($110.6 million), which ousted Procter & Gamble ($105.6 million) from lead. Others, according to rank: Ford Motor Co. ($61.7 million), General Foods ($61 million), Lever Brothers ($57 million), American Home Products ($52 million), Colgate-Palmolive ($50 million), Chrys ler ($47 million), R. J. Reynolds Tobacco ($39 million) and American Tobacco ($35 million...
Moss's record is his own monument. He has won most of the world's great motor races, many of them several times. He has been Britain's champion nine times. One of his regular rivals wryly acknowledges: "When I pass Moss, I wonder what is wrong with his car." Says his fellow British driver, Tony Brooks: "Driving over 200 miles on each of the world's circuits, Stirling would turn out quite a bit better than anyone else." Says Australia's skilled Jack Brabham: "He's the toughest competitor anybody can have...
...race in Nurburgring, Germany. This week, as Europe's Grand Prix season opens at Monaco, Stirling Moss is as always the driver to beat. But despite his great success, Moss is a restless, unhappy man-for in his twelve years of professional driving, he has never yet won motor racing's highest honor, the Grand Prix driving championship...