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...relinquished his throne to his grandson, the Comte de Chambord. The proud count, however, refused to recognize the tricolor of constitutional monarchy, and refused to be king unless France adopted the lily-white ensign of the Bourbons. The throne passed to Louis Philippe, descendant of Louis XIII's second son, the Due d'Orleans...
...Abacus. The calculating machines that are Bessie's ancestors have roots far back in the past. The abacus, used in ancient Egypt and still used in much of Asia, is a simple figuring device. The French mathematician Blaise Pascal (1623-62) designed a mechanical calculator when Louis XIII was king. The present adding machine is a remote descendant of Pascal's design...
...problem of trusteeship was chopped in two parts in the UN Charter. Chapter XI of that document deals with dependent areas already being administered by individual nations, while Chapters XII and XIII provide machinery for the General Assembly to assume or delegate administrative powers over certain regions...
There are three kinds of territories which are eligible for U.N. trusteeship, under Chapters XII and XIII: areas previously under League of Nations mandates, territories taken from enemy nations in World War II, and regions which may be voluntarily placed under U.N. administration...
...Plaza Hotel, at one time or another, Suzy Stephenson might well have passed Cristina de Borbón. Suzy is a pertly pretty ex-model from Birmingham, Ala. Cristina, a long-lashed Spanish beauty who has 27 other given names, is a relative of the late Alfonso XIII. Both Suzy and Cristina were involved last week with rich South Americans named Antenor. Suzy was on her way in the door, Cristina...