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University maintenance men will place bullet-proof plastic over a stained glass window in the tomb of the University's most generous benefactor, Gordon McKay, "as soon as possible" to protect it from any renewed attacks by vandals, Irving B. Parkhurst, director of the Department of Buildings and Grounds, said yesterday...
Earlier this summer, vandals hurling missiles shattered the window protecting the inside stained glass at McKay's tomb in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. No damage was done to the stained glass itself, however...
...Palestine [during World War I], exposing himself to a chase by German cavalry and losing a saddlebag full of carefully prepared misleading information about General Allenby's plans. Meinertzhagen, moreover, is the only living European . . . who has entered the hallowed and mysterious cave of Machpelah* in the tomb of the patriarchs at Hebron...
Sneak Preview. One day last summer, the Prince Royal made his first public appearance, somewhat in the style of a Hollywood sneak preview. Without previous announcement, Baudouin sped in a car to the tomb of Belgium's unknown soldier, deposited a wreath. A dozen or so accidental bystanders were his only public. The consensus was that the princely starlet conducted himself well, but would need a lot more experience in the spotlight before he was a full-fledged royal star...
...Grant's Tomb...