Word: rainiers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Last week Aho's group went ahead on its own and dedicated a 14-acre clearing near Washington's Mount Rainier as a Spacecraft Protective Landing Area for the Advancement of Science and Humanities (SPLAASH). The saucer enthusiasts plan to ask the Pentagon not to attack aliens who try to land there. How will they recognize their earthly crash pad? Through mental telepathy, says Aho. "If we send out the right kind of thoughts, we will communicate." Just in case the vibes are bad, the landing site is also clearly marked by ropes and a sign reading NEUTRAL...
...Rainier loses a daughter but gains a son who "works with banks...
Even if the press failed to penetrate the security surrounding the most controversial affaire de coeur in Monaco since Grace Kelly forsook Hollywood to marry Prince Rainier 26 years ago, there were other subjects to pursue. The guest list, first intended to include family friends only, read like a compendium of the Almanack de Gotha and Variety. Among those invited: two ex-Kings (Umberto II of Italy and Michael of Rumania), the Aga Khan, Grand Duke Vladimir of Russia and Frank Sinatra, David Niven and Cary Grant. (Britain's Prince Charles, otherwise engaged, sent regrets...
Remembering those who happen to be untitled or obscure, Prince Rainier invited Monaco's 4,000 citizens over the age of 21 to a champagne reception-a magnanimous gesture for a father who continued to hope that his daughter would change her mind...
...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...