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Died. Albert Nicholas, 73, one of the last and best Creole-style clarinetists from the early days of New Orleans jazz; following surgery; in Basel, Switzerland. Nicholas grew up alongside such greats as Sidney Bechet and Louis Armstrong, in whose band he later played. In the 1950s, Nicholas followed other American musicians to Europe and settled in jazz-hungry Paris, playing and touring with the Dutch Swing College Band...
...Swiss Federation of Protestant Churches took issue with the blacklist, which included 17 Swiss firms. Commenting on the churches' criticism at a meeting of the federation, Philip Potter got in a wry last word. "I rejoice that we have started a real ecumenical conversation in Switzerland," he said. "Even though the World Council has its headquarters in Geneva, that is something that has been missing all these years...
Lausanne, Switzerland...
There is also the cost of special equipment, such as vehicles fitted out with secret compartments ("Only crude amateurs use the trunks"), fake uniforms and, for one highly imaginative venture, an electric minisubmarine of the type used occasionally by cigarette smugglers on the border lakes between Switzerland and Italy. Inside his villa office, which is adorned with zebra skins, African spears, various weapons and the hat of an East German policeman (Vopo) given him by a grateful client, Lenzlinger proudly produced for Kroon purported dossiers on some of his escape exploits...
They were back in Rome where it all started eleven years ago during the filming of Cleopatra. This time it was quits for Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. After a 17-day separation and brief reconciliation, the Burtons were filing for a "friendly" divorce in Switzerland, their legal residence. In spite of rumors about Peter Lawford, Warren Beatty and Helmut Berger, Liz denied that there were any other men involved. Richard was equally insistent that he had no new loves. Meanwhile, Liz began work on her new film The Driver's Seat. Her comment to those who tried...