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...Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, were not "laid simply" away. Before the great altar in St. Peter's, where only the Pope may say Mass, the body of Pius XII lay in state for three days. Then, after final absolution, it was placed in a triple coffin (oak, lead and cypress) and interred in the most sacred spot in Christendom-below the Bernini altar near St. Peter's supposed grave, whose discovery the Pope himself announced in 1950. Buried with the Pope was a red bag containing a sample of every Vatican coin minted during his reign...
...18th century, whose size and grace blend well with contemporary furnishings. Most popular are the Louis XV and Louis XVI chests, tables and chairs; their light-colored woods look well in small apartments. Canny British buyers are turning for good investments to the darker, out-of-favor British oak and walnut of the early 19th century. U.S. bargain hunters have been shopping for early Americana...
...school carried only $73,000 in insurance and, consequently, the remaining funds must be raised by bond issues. Money has already been contributed by the neighboring city of Oak Ridge to reimburse students for personal damage...
...announced last night that an undetermined amount of federal aid will be granted the high school, under a law permitting assistance to schools attended by children whose parents work at federal installations. Some children of employees at the Oak Ridge atomic energy plant attended the Clinton school...
...They don't interest me") as a cute blonde ought to be. Home was a $15,000 brick ranch house in the Oak Forest section of town, a standard three-bedroom unit furnished with the standard new appliances from the combined incomes of her father, an oilfield-equipment salesman drawing disability pay from the Navy, and her mother, an airlines reservation clerk. But whatever it was they thought they were working for, Diana found it boredom on the installment plan...