Word: mountbatten
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...lately resorted to the same practice. He has made scores of influential federal appointments in the states where early caucuses and primaries are being held. He has deluged deserving Democrats with invitations to official functions. Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne, for example, was invited to represent the President at Lord Mountbatten's funeral. Iowa Catholics have been put on the guest list for the White House reception for Pope John Paul II next month. Carter last week named two Hispanics to top posts: Edward Hidalgo as Secretary of the Navy and Abelardo Lopez Valdez as chief of protocol...
Midst mourning for Mountbatten, fear of renewed terrorism...
Prince Charles, in a clear, composed voice, read the lesson, as Britain last week paid final homage to Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Admiral of the Fleet and the beloved "Uncle Dickie" to the royal family. It was a splendorous funeral that rivaled in pomp and pageantry the state funerals of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965 and the Duke of Wellington in 1852. With his flair for spectacle, Lord Mountbatten had begun to plan the ceremonies in 1976, well aware that as Queen Victoria's last living great grandson, he was a unique link to the glorious days of empire...
...forces and those of other nations that had special meaning to the World War II hero. There were Sikhs in white turbans from his beloved India, Gurkhas in exotic black pillbox hats and a contingent of veterans from the U.S. and France. Prince Charles and the Duke of Edinburgh, Mountbatten's great-nephew and nephew, walked behind the casket, their faces taut with grief. So did a group of comrades who survived the 1941 sinking off Crete of the H.M.S. Kelly, captained by Mountbatten. His aging black charger Dolly, riderless with its master's burnished boots reversed...
...hour-long ecumenical service in Westminster Abbey was conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Donald Coggan. He eulogized Lord Mountbatten for his "high enthusiasm and liberality of spirit, his integrity and flair for leadership, his dedication to the cause of freedom and justice ... He was so rare a person." After the buglers had sounded the last post and reveille, the coffin was taken to Waterloo Station for the final journey to Romsey, 87 miles southwest of London. There, in accordance with his wishes, Mountbatten was buried on the grounds of a 12th century abbey, his body facing...