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...Primate of All England. More than 1,000 prelates walked in a mile-long procession to the clamor of bells, their many-colored robes billowing in the summer breeze. There were Anglican bishops, Scottish and Free churchmen, European Lutherans, and Old Catholic bishops from The Netherlands in the stiff white ruffs of a Van Dyck painting. Among the bearded divines from the East were the Orthodox Archbishop of Thyateira in a brocade cape of gold and scarlet, the Metropolitan of Carthage, and the Most Rev. Nikodim, Archbishop of Yaroslavl and Rostov, representing the Patriarch of Moscow. Anglican bishops came from...
...colonies, Madagascar seemed to have had the most fun with the colonials. In one sculpture, four small natives are seen carrying a litter on which a French official sits calmly reading; the colonial stiff upper lip has never been done better. Another artist portrays an official's wife in a way that Madame would never have imagined herself. She is shown staring vacuously from under a parasol-the eternal Mrs. Blankbrain herself...
Under the Kerr-Mills program, the Federal Government matches state funds -a little more than 3 to 1-for hospital, nursing and some doctors' care for those oldsters willing to declare themselves "medically indigent"-that is, possessed of enough resources to live, but not enough for stiff medical bills. There is wide variation among the states' requirements: some set limits on cash reserves as low as $300, can require the liquidation of other assets such as cars, can require homeowners to mortgage their houses to the state, the title to change after the death of both spouses. Kerr...
Unlike the flint-hard company men often assigned to wrestle with labor, Detroit-born Lou Seaton possesses an easy geniality and a deep concern with the problems of the working stiff. As personnel chief for the world's biggest corporation, Seaton takes unconcealed pleasure and pride in his responsibility for the pay, training, health and morale of G.M.'s 556,000 employees. When he is at the bargaining table, voices rarely rise, fists seldom pound, and the loudest sound is often the Seaton chuckle. Says Leonard Woodcock. U.A.W. vice president in charge of the G.M. locals...
...probation for a year. Other Johns edicts on the way may revolutionize life at Miami even further: classes will run until 6 p.m., eliminating afternoon ocean dips; telephones in girls' dorms will be disconnected at 10:30 p.m.; plans for all social functions will be subject to stiff prior approval; driving across the sprawling campus between classes will be stopped and the use of cars otherwise curbed. "We live in a center of temptation for kids," said Johns, "but we'll keep them so busy studying they won't have time to hell around...