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...leading citizens sat down to feast on mandarin chicken, pineapple chicken, Cantonese beef, steamed rice in lotus leaf, jai choy and other triumphs of Chinese cuisine. Occasion for the feast: New Year's celebration of the Chinese year 4654-the Year of the Monkey. It was also the 40th anniversary of Seattle's China Club, a remarkable example of the American penchant for voluntarily organizing for a high purpose-in this case for Sino-American friendship...
...Pittsburgh's dingy Carnegie Institute, eased themselves into five waiting aluminum wheelchairs, then settled back for their intense, 2½-day task. All about them was the hand-picked selection of work by 328 artists from 23 countries about to be exhibited in this year's 40th Pittsburgh International, oldest (since 1896) and most prestigious U.S. international art show...
...wanting a daughter, has become the unhappy parent of the five boys. In an effort to revive the prosperity that was Trezignan's when the quints were babies and the glory of all France, a committee decides to round up the brothers for a gala celebration of their 40th birthday...
...West Point, President Eisenhower was marking time with his memories last week, relaxed and more thoroughly happy than he had been for a very long time. The class of 1915 was the one "the stars fell on," and 40 of its 59 generals were on hand for its 40th reunion-among them Bradley, Stratemeyer, Harmon, Van Fleet. On hand, too, was Mamie Eisenhower, looking well in summer prints; she seemed to know everyone there...
...time, the President of the United States must travel around the country (and sometimes to foreign lands). Last week President Eisenhower announced one of the most intensive tours since he assumed office. First stop this week: West Point, where Ike is main commencement speaker and ranking graduate in the 40th reunion of his Class of 1915. Graduation will continue to preoccupy him at his next engagement, at brother Milton Eisenhower's Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pa. After a few days Ike will be off again, with 15,000 other evacuees, to a secret destination...