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...skies opened up and drenched Monaco one morning last week, portending in Riviera folklore the prospect of prosperity, health and character to all children born during rainstorms. In Monaco's pink-walled palace, Princess Caroline Louise Marguerite, 8 lbs. 3 oz., uttered her first wail, set off a chain reaction including a radio broadcast by her nervous father, Prince Rainier III, 33, a 21-gun salute from two ancient cannon, harbor whistles, bonfires, street dancing and a torrent of free champagne. No longer would Monacans worry that Rainier would die without an heir, a catastrophe that might have eventually...
Fuel oil for domestic and industrial use was cut by one-third, and many houses, apartment buildings and offices were already feeling the chill. The famed oil-burning "Blue Train" that runs from Paris to the Riviera was canceled-setting off a cry of anguish from Riviera hotelkeepers, who estimate tourist traffic is already off 75%. Housewives caught the panic, and driven by the memory of what items were scarce in World War II, stripped shops of soap, candles, rice, canned goods and sugar (though France actually has a sugar surplus). Premier Guy Mollet pleaded for calm and discipline, scolded...
...France, where 30% of all factories depend upon oil for fuel, the pinch is already starting to hurt. French railroads are cutting back schedules, switching from diesels to steam engines. Gasoline deliveries are down 20%, and the booming French Riviera tourist resorts are crying disaster; within a few days of the first gasoline restrictions, hotel occupancy dropped as much as 75% below normal. In Denmark and Spain there is also the glum specter of rationing, with fuel supplies down as much as 25%; Sweden and Switzerland have already banned pleasure driving on weekends...
Briefly interrupting her vacation on the Riviera, where she has been whiling away the sunny summer weeks far from the Shah, Queen Soraya of Iran alighted at Paris' Orly Airport for a shopping binge in the French capital before returning to the Riviera to resume her vacation in queenly solitude...
...Losing Game. Knowing the count's cultivated tastes, detectives concentrated on the swank Riviera resorts...