Word: wilhelmus
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...this [the Nugan Hand investigation] up, Australian investigators questioned their star Nugan Hand witness, George Shaw, who recalled dealings within a Sydney outfit called the Loy Arms Corporation. Shaw hadn't been involved in the details. But Loy's proprietor, Kevin Joseph Loy, acknowledged he had been approached by Wilhelmus Hans on behalf of Nugan Hand. In fact, a search of Loy's records produced copies of a weapons import permit from South Africa, dated September 18, 1975, another import permit from Singapore dated November 4, and an Australian export permit dated November 10--all involving weapons, but the lists...
Died. Bishop Wilhelmus Marinus Bekkers, 58, progressive leader of The Netherlands' largest Roman Catholic diocese at 's Hertogenbosch, who worked tirelessly for a more liberal church attitude, calling birth control a matter of conscience, and defending priests who renounced their vows in order to marry, all of which made him an urgent voice for reform during the ecumenical Council; of a brain tumor; in Tilburg, The Netherlands...
...Magdalen, by the 17th century French painter Georges de La Tour, also lent to Atlanta by the Louvre. The arrival of the paintings in Atlanta was one of the biggest events since the opening of Gone With the Wind clogged Peachtree Street with hoopskirts and Hollywood types. Says Director Wilhelmus Bryan: ''Having these paintings here means a lot to us. It makes a wonderful start for our plans to build a $3,000,000 art center as a memorial to the crash victims...
...complained later that it was not the national anthem (Wilhelmus van Nassouwe) at all, but just a patriotic song (Wien Neerlandsch Bloed...
Canadian soldiers on leave joined the Dutch in singing Wilhelmus, the national anthem which the Germans banned in 1940, then listened to Beethoven, Debussy and Tschaikovsky conducted by 44-year-old stocky, handsome Alexander Van Beinum, formerly an assistant conductor...