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...three banks involved are the Detroit Bank Corporation, Manufacturers National Bank of Detroit, and the Rainier Ban corporation of Seattle...
...Yates got more out of the weekend than he'd bargained for. He originally climbed the mountain to surpass former experiences--Mt. Rainier, Mt. Anderson in the Olympics and extensive winter camping--and prepare himself for future climbs--Mt. McKinley this summer...
...Rainier himself broke off a six-year liaison with a French actress named Gisele Pascal to marry Grace-a wedding boycotted by European royalty, who disapproved of the bricklayer's daughter from Philadelphia. And Caroline's grandmother Princess Charlotte-known long ago as the "Madcap Princess of Monaco"-made headlines when she ran off with an Italian physician...
Once he met Caroline, at a party in 1975, Junot became a tenacious suitor. When Caroline was whisked off to the U.S. two summers ago, Junot followed. Finally, during a visit to the remote Galapagos Islands, Rainier grudgingly agreed to the marriage. But it was not until after London's Daily Express published a shot of a topless Caroline with Junot on a yacht that the palace issued a terse engagement announcement...
Caroline and Philippe eventually won over the bride's parents. Whether they would vanquish the press was another matter. Caroline's 42-ft. catamaran, a wedding gift from her father, was ostentatiously brought to the harbor last week, and Rainier's motor yacht was given a fresh coat of paint. Perhaps these were diversionary tactics. Friends hinted that the couple might return to the Galápagos. If so, the archipelago that inspired Darwin will no doubt be overrun by one of the most curious creatures of all: genus scriptorum...