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Ever since he reluctantly divorced Queen Soraya in 1958, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, Shah of Iran, has been window-shopping through Europe. In his search for a new bride who would present him with a son and heir, the Shah's wandering eye was caught by Italy's pretty Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, 19. But the Vatican, all Italy, and the girl herself proved unalterably opposed to the marriage. Last week his capital of Teheran was alive with signs that the Shah had found both happiness and the bride he wanted in his own country...
...lines between its Middle Eastern members, CENTO still has no unified military command; the real muscle guarding the Northern Tier is supplied by the bilateral U.S. treaties. And CENTO still has a soft spot in Iran, where Russian pressure alternates between threats and blandishments in an effort to force Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi into the neutralist path...
...Unveiling. Inaugurator and chief manipulator of Afghanistan's profitable "positive neutrality" is tough, bald Prime Minister Mohammed Daoud, 50. Cousin to Afghanistan's figurehead King Mohammed Zahir Shah, Daoud took over as Prime Minister six years ago, deals with everything from high policy to trivial administrative details. Hard-working and ironfisted, he is quick to jail even his own Cabinet ministers if they step out of line...
Inevitably came the question about the Shah's widely publicized search for a new wife. Was it true he had as many as "three or four" matrimonial prospects in mind? The Shah managed a smile: "That's not many . . . Would you marry the first girl...
...When the Shah finally ended the press conference, the newsmen stood to applaud the ruler who had asked them to put him on the spot...