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Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh declined with "deep regret" an invitation from New York's Official Greeter Grover Whalen to visit the city on their fall tour. Meanwhile, the duke was busy boning up on Canadian history and making speeches at home (see SCIENCE). He also found time to attend a London Variety Club luncheon at which he was given a life membership certificate (putting him on equal footing with Harry Truman) and hailed as "Brother Barker." As just plain "Papa," he joined his wife on the lawn of Clarence House, their London home, to give photographers...
Manhattan's official greeter Grover Whalen turned in expense accounts for two recent civic receptions. The tab for General Douglas MacArthur's welcome came to $23,467; the one for Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion...
Nothing was too good for William O'Dwyer as he abruptly bowed out last week as mayor of New York. Grover Whalen, the man with the carnation in his buttonhole who officiates at the city's ceremonial greetings, turned himself inside out and whipped up a ceremonial farewell. All that was missing was a turnout of a few million New Yorkers...
...some 50 foreign nations, City Council President Vincent Impellitteri, the mayor's pretty wife in an aqua velveteen hat, and Bill O'Dwyer arrayed themselves on a hastily constructed platform. Seven policemen and an octogenarian deputy fire commissioner collapsed in the heat. O'Dwyer presented Grover Whalen with a $450 gold medal for "extraordinary public service...
...School; Mayer Rubenstein, Chelsea High School; Leo F. McNamara, Jr., Clinton High School; Edward E. Morse, Gardner High School; Robert A. Lemire, Lowell High School; Shahan A. Adrian, Malden High School; Leon Friedman, Malden High School; Allan R. Robinson, Marblehead High; Richard C. Lundin, Medford High School; David M. Whalen, Medford High School; Arthur I. Brown, Jr., Newton High School; Robert G. Funke, North Attleboro High; William F. Pickard, Jr., Quincy High School; Wilmon B. Chipman, Reading High School; Hubert C. Maguire, Jr., Belmont High School; John F. King, Concord High; John F. Pereira, Jr., New Bedford High; Maurice...