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...lonesome steer, has become one of West Germany's top jukebox hits. As for the Old Chief, he seemed unusually mellow, even resigned to retirement after 14 years in office. Last week Adenauer, 87, journeyed to Rome in a nostalgic mood to say his goodbyes to President Segni and Pope Paul VI, who presented him with the Vatican's highest decoration, the jeweled chain of the Supreme Order of Christ, which had not been given to a German statesman since Bismarck. Then der Alte headed for Paris and an emotion-fraught farewell visit with Charles de Gaulle...
Italy had a new Premier-designate last week. Out after nearly three years in office was scrappy little Amintore Fanfani, tagged with most of the blame for heavy Christian Democratic losses in last month's national elections. Summoned to Rome's Quirinal Palace by President Antonio Segni to get the nod as Premier was cautious, quiet Aldo Moro, secretary-general of the Christian Democratic Party...
...Whether Segni chooses Moro or sticks with Fanfani, the premiership will probably be no more than a caretaker's position for the next two months. For not until mid-July will Nenni's Socialists hold their annual convention and decide whether or not to stick with the Christian Democrats and keep the center-left alliance alive...
What seems less certain is that pint-sized, peppery Amintore Fanfani will survive as Premier. In accordance with Italian procedure, Fanfani last week handed his resignation to President Antonio Segni, who is expected to name a Premier-designate this week. If Fanfani is passed over, No. 1 candidate for the office will be the Christian Democrats' tall, unassuming Aldo Moro, 46, who became interim party leader in 1959 and has since emerged as party strongman...
...possible. At the start of a busy weekend, he attended twin ceremonies in the Vatican Palace and St. Peter's Basilica, accepting his $160,000 Peace Prize (earmarked for charity) from the Swiss-Italian Balzan Foundation, next day turned up in the Quirinal Palace, where Italian President Antonio Segni presented Balzan awards to other cultural leaders. As he rode through Rome in an open car, the Pontiff -looking thinner than usual-was hailed by crowds crying "Viva! Viva...