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...Stone of Destiny, for the second time in 655 years, was whisked away from its native heath last week and carried back into English captivity. A handful of diehard Scots stood by in sad farewell to the 485-lb. yellow sandstone symbol of Scottish nationalism. Only a scattering of newsmen attempted pursuit as British policemen carried the ancient relic in an official car from ruined Arbroath Abbey, south across the border to London's Westminster, from which it had been lifted last Christmas (TIME...
...tartaned, tam-o'-shantered Scots who had descended on London for the annual England v. Scotland football match at Wembley gathered outside the abbey, but made no effort to snatch the prize. To a crowd of 600 in Trafalgar Square, indefatigable Nationalist Wendy Wood, leader of the Scottish Patriots' Association, cried, "The Stone belongs to Scotland; we shall get it back." But most Britons, English and Scots alike, seemed to feel that the joke had gone on quite long enough...
...good thing," said Scottish M.P. Sir William Darling of the Stone's return. "I've said all along that those who removed the Stone had taken an altogether too pessimistic view of the shortage of building materials in Scotland...
...Scottish soccer team, over England, 3-2, before 100,000 partisan fans in London's Wembley Stadium...
...Michigander of Scottish-German ancestry, Norman Bel Geddes has been, among other things, actor, producer, director, stage designer and author. The big brownstone house on Manhattan's East 37th Street in which Barbara spent her early childhood saw an endless stream of visitors from many worlds. It was Norman's studio as well as his home, and on the upper floors busy draftsmen and artisans were always hard at work, assembling stage models, cutting out rubber animals for a Macy parade, drawing up plans for a restaurant, or laying out production schedules for some new show...