Word: visiting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Government officials appealed to enthusiastic Aussies to restrain their enthusiasm and give the young Queen a little peace. Both Elizabeth and Philip would need it, for in the next two months, they will travel 14,450 miles, visit 68 cities, attend 26 civic receptions, 34 royal processions, four state banquets, six balls, six garden parties, 17 children's displays and three openings of Parliaments...
...radio forum later on in the week, several of Tokyo's most learned radio pundits discussed the latest phenomenon. "The Japanese will probably not discard their underwear as a result of the visit of the Honorable Buttocks-Swinging Actress," said one, "because it is much too cold. But because our people are quick to adopt fads, I'm sure that they will soon start swinging their buttocks...
...four propellers blew back a shower of powdery snow; the plane taxied out to position and roared down the runway. Next day St. Laurent was in London for lunch and a short talk with Prime Minister Churchill. This week he was scheduled to go on to Paris and Bonn, visit Canadian army and air force bases, then continue the six week, 30,000-mile tour that will take him to Rome, Karachi, New Delhi, Colombo, Jakarta, Manila, Seoul and Tokyo...
...probation for petty theft. They proudly call themselves "the Härringer Boys," have a spacious new civic center donated by the city. Instead of roaming aimlessly, the boys are split into groups of 15, are led by young men from Freiburg's Youth Office and university to visit historical monuments, factories and schools. Evenings, they enjoy table-tennis tournaments, musicals and dances with girls from the university...
Last week, on his way to Nebraska to visit Father Flanagan's Boys Town and see how the idea works in the U.S., Judge Härringer could point to some impressive results. In seven years, some 600 Germans in trouble with the law have passed through his home; only one has been convicted of a second criminal offense. The judge knows that his project is no substitute for an adequate home life, and in some cases the boys coming before his bench must be sent away to a reform school. But many can be helped. Says Judge...