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Engaged. Acting Mayor of Chicago Michael Bilandic, 54, close friend of the late Richard Daley and heir apparent to his throne; and Socialite Heather Morgan, 34, executive director of Chicago's Council on Fine Arts. Bilandic, who topped five other contenders in the Democratic primary, is expected to win the June general election tp fill the remaining two years of Daley's term...
...last week during two days of discussions with Jordan's King Hussein in Washington, Carter's optimism about Geneva took a dive. Hussein and Carter seemed to work a strange chemistry on each other. The King, who is 41 but has held the Hashemite throne for 25 years, has a long view of Middle East affairs: he was pessimistic about Israel's willingness to make peace. Under Carter's persistent probing-more blunt than Gerald Ford or Richard Nixon had been in similar meetings-the King's pessimism moderated a bit. But Carter...
Expecting. Princess Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise of England, 26, and Captain Mark Phillips, 28; their first child; in November. The baby, the first grandchild for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, will be fifth in succession to the British throne. · Married. David Cassidy, 26, teeny-bopper heartthrob who sang his way to rock stardom on TV's The Partridge Family in 1970; and Kay Lenz, 24, who played the widow Kate on ABC'S Rich Man, Poor Man series; in Las Vegas...
Unlike them, this thoroughly admirable, thoroughly ordinary Queen has no apparent need to be "a modern person in an ancient institution." Does the Age of Me want an archaic model of unquestioning dutifulness and near total self-abnegation? It has one in the woman now on the throne, and Lacey may be correct when, in a last desperate attempt to dramatize his subject, he looks ahead another 25 years and prophesies, "Elizabeth II is made to be an inspiring old Queen." Melvin Maddocks
...political battle with Syria. They now find themselves dependent on moderate governments in Egypt, Syria and Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile the irrepressible Hussein, who handled his humiliation at Rabat with particular grace, has re-emerged as a force in Arab peace negotiations. Today Hussein sits more securely on his throne, so much so that he has felt strong enough to advocate a Jordanian-Palestinian federation. Arafat is less secure but still a likely choice to head whatever Palestinian state emerges...