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Three days later Bill Knowland took his candidacy out of the "possible" category. The Knowlands packed their bags, set off from their Oakland home for a two-month, 140-speech whistle-stopping "Report to the People of California." The report ranged from a terse analysis of world affairs (Russia, explained Knowland, "attacked Poland from the rear while she had her back against the wall") to a reminder that Senate Minority Leader Knowland had administered the vice-presidential oath to California's own Dick Nixon, and was a confidant of the President's. But Knowland's sharpest comments...
...Insiders believe that the delegates will plump for more power for the Assistants, fearing too much decentralization otherwise. But one powerful bloc-from the U.S. and Britain-favors increasing the Provincials' local powers. Since agenda and voting are secret, the decision may not be known till after the two-month meeting is over...
...President, Dwight Eisenhower has taken his son along as aide on important trips, e.g., the Big Four Conference in Geneva. In July he represented his father at the funeral of Guatemala's assassinated President Castillo Armas (TIME, Aug. 5). Last week he wound up his two-month chores for White House Brigadier General Andrew Goodpaster, the President's staff secretary, sifting the stream of secret reports which daily pour into the White House...
General Director Crosby is certain that audiences in the Southwest can take their opera straight, during its two-month season will give English-language productions of Mozart's Cosí Fan Tutte, Strauss's Ariadne on Naxos, Rossini's Barber of Seville, Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona, plus Stravinsky's Rake's Progress (conducted by Stravinsky Protégé Robert Craft) and the premiere of The Tower, a one-act opera by young (24) U.S. Composer Marvin Levy. Crosby is also proud that his Santa Fe group, recruited from such companies...
Last week, as the number of dowries reached 11,500, the King and Queen themselves were busily handing them out in person at the end of a two-month tour covering 50 towns and villages. "The royal couple," said one grateful Greek, "have changed the birth of a girl from a curse to a hope...