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...said the big, bald foreman, "now comes Chile." His crew of overalled workmen hefted Chile's red, blue and white banner and set it next to Canada's on the stage of San Francisco's gilded opera house. The workmen had 60 flags, from Afghanistan's to Yugoslavia's, to put in place. The occasion: the United Nations, born in San Francisco in June 1945, was back in its birthplace to celebrate its tenth anniversary...
Even after Congress, authorized a specific design, the flag of the United States continued to take many forms until after the War of 1812. Betsy Ross possibly fashioned a flag suggested by the congressional resolution, but later John Paul Jones flew a banner of red, white and blue stripes-possibly influenced by the French, who were paying the expenses of Jones's fleet. And, as if to punctuate history's confusion, a contemporary view of the battle between the Constitution and the Guerriére in 1812 shows everything flying-the Stars and Stripes, the Stars alone...
Last night the Radcliffe Yard was bedecked with vari-colored Japanese lanterns for the traditional Senior Class Night, highlighted by the presentation of the Class Banner to freshman representatives...
...special excursions. In Manhattan 25 photographers will take off in July for a 30-day picture-taking swing through Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, five other countries; a group of 100 congressional secretaries will sail in midsummer to escape Washington's heat. Last December American Express offered 19 Banner Tours to Europe (42 days for $1,225 to $1,645), sold them out by February, had to add more to meet the demand. Its de luxe student tours (54 days for $1,232 to $1.650) were sold out in 3½ weeks...
...Piotr Wrangel in the Prekop isthmus and bringing the war to a close. Georgy Zhukov, the barrel-chested, hard-riding kid from Kaluga Province, swung his saber with the toughest of them. Wounded at Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad), where Voroshilov was in command, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner and became a member of the Communist Party. He never regretted...