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Having made out well on the English already at her command, blonde Bride Anne-Marie ("Mia") Rockefeller, Norwegian daughter-in-law of New York...
...Norwegian Date. New York's Rockefeller understood perfectly, accepted Bridges' statement graciously. But in visiting and posing for pictures with Styles Bridges, he had effectively made known his interest in the New Hampshire primary, served notice on New Hampshire
...wedding was to be a small one, in a country church, before a congregation of rural neighbors. But not since the Grace Kelly nuptials has there been such an international fooster as last week swirled about a wedding in the Norwegian town of Sogne (pop. 4,000). While 150 newsmen and photographers trampled gardens and graves, while 5,000 curious visitors crowded close about the church in a drenching rain, tall, bespectacled Steven Rockefeller, 23, son of the Governor of New York and scion of one of the world's greatest fortunes, was joined in marriage to blonde, buxom...
Already things had threatened to get out of hand. The Norwegian press snorted at U.S. rhapsodies about the "Cinderella" marriage, testily pointed out that Anne-Marie's brief stint as a U.S. housemaid (one year) was common European practice for well-brought-up girls, who often serve au pair* in a foreign country. Anne-Marie should not even be called a poor girl, protested one paper, because "everybody is poor in comparison with the Rockefellers...
Thousands of Norwegians and scores of newsmen greeted Governor Rockefeller at Kristiansand airport. Three photographers were knocked down and trampled, and a flying wedge of Rockefellers protected Anne-Marie from being crushed. Rocky embraced Anne-Marie and called her a "wonderful and intelligent girl." He shook hands with her leathery father, Kristian Rasmussen, 67, who was also being jostled, and asked Anne-Marie to tell him in Norwegian that he was a "good sport." One of Steven's sisters exclaimed at seeing Anne-Marie's brightly embroidered blouse and dirndl skirt: "What a pretty dress! Is it Swedish...