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...purchase of 20 air-conditioned limousines and a $20,000 auto-trailer, decided he needed a modern flying carpet. Transocean Air Lines announced that it was custom-fitting (for some $100,000) a Douglas DC-4 as an aerial palace for His Majesty. Among the accessories: a raised throne which revolves a full 360° and has an extra-heavy-duty safety belt; an oversized bed in a bedroom complete with bath; an elevator; 18 luxurious chair seats. The plane is expected to be ready for delivery this month in time to carry the King from his winter quarters...
Within his heart the beauty of those bright New florins, saying, 'Lord, to think I might Have all that treasure to myself alone! Could there be anyone beneath the throne Of God so happy as I then should...
Theodora was no idle throne warmer. She ruled as a full partner, intrigued incessantly against enemies of the regime. When the people revolted, it was she who was firm while Justinian stood helpless. Because her past continually plagued her, she put an end to brothels in a city that considered them indispensable. She even, so history tells it, built a sanctuary for prostitutes, and sent 500 there to repent at leisure. Of one thing not even her basest enemies accused her: unfaithfulness to Justinian...
Born. To Phumiphon Adundet (Rama IX), 24, Massachusetts-born, jazz-loving King of Siam, and Queen Sirikit, 20, daughter of a Siamese diplomat: their second child, first son and crown prince. The birth of an heir to the Thai throne called for a booming 21-gun salute, traditional conch-shell music, and the proclamation of a national holiday...
...Walter Scott's most popular novel.* Set in the chivalric days of Norman-Saxon rivalry in 12th century England, the story is a blend of historical fact and romantic fiction about the Saxon Knight Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who helped King Richard the Lionhearted reclaim the throne usurped by his villainous brother Prince John and the Norman traitors while Richard was away at the Crusades. In the course of his adventures, Ivanhoe also champions the black-eyed Jewess Rebecca, falsely accused by the Norman conspirators of sorcery, and wins the blonde Saxon Lady Rowena...