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...there is edge to the novel. Green Henry is intelligent enough to discover, eventually, that he is a bit of a fool, and that he is not a very good artist. He gives up the artistic life, as does the hero of Goethe's Wilhelm Meister (Keller, though much influenced by Goethe, himself turned to writing only after a futile try at becoming a painter). His wanderings are over, and he returns home in time to see his mother die, and to build a new career as government functionary...
Beethoven: The Five Piano Concertos (Wilhelm Backhaus, piano; Vienna Philharmonic, under Schmidt-Isserstedt: London, 4 LPs). The 76-year-old pianist in a series of grand performances that are lithe, elastic and incisive...
...centrifuge was not forgotten. Atomic Energy Commission scientists kept working on it, as did many Europeans, especially in West Germany. Prominent in this work were Professor Wilhelm Groth, of Bonn University, and Gernot Zippe, who built a gas centrifuge for the U.S.S.R. and was hired in 1958 by the AEC. Zippe returned to Germany last July and is now associated with the Degussa Co. of Frankfurt, which is manufacturing the centrifuges experimentally...
Married. Prince Welf Heinrich of Hanover, 37, Kaiser Wilhelm II's grandson and the brother of Queen Frederika of Greece, a German-educated doctor of laws and writer about the legal problems of space; and Princess Alexandra of Ysembourg-Büdingen, 22, a fine-featured brunette, who wore a crown of diamonds lent by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II; in Büidingen, Germany, before 800 guests including Frederika and King Paul...
...Give Up." While Murtaugh's Pirates have not a rookie among the regulars, Paul Richards' Baltimore Orioles have plenty-along with a sprinkling of veterans like 38-year-old Outfielder Gene Woodling (.282) and 37-year-old Relief Pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm (10-8). Richards, a lean, bronzed Texan right out of High Noon, leaves the veterans alone (as long as they perform), spends so much time with his kids that he is sometimes accused of overmanaging. "Richards has more patience with his players than any manager around," says Coach Lum Harris, who, as player and coach, has been...