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...vacation in Monte Carlo, Sir Winston Churchill, 87, divided his time between painting and gambling, sun and sightseeing. Mornings he sat before his canvas in a ninth-floor studio of the Hôtel de Paris with a superb view of the Riviera coast and the Monaco yacht basin. Afternoons, he drove up in the hills of the Alpes Maritimes. Nights, Sir Winston sat for hours at a roulette table in the Monte Carlo Casino, as oblivious of the gawping tourists as an old but uncaged lion. Walking painfully, but refusing any helping hand, Churchill invariably carried his own chips...
...Harvard Yacht Club dinghies will be available for sailing at the M.I.T. sailing pavilion. Summer school students may join the club for $10 for the summer after passing a 100 for the summer after passing a 100 yard swim test. Instruction in elementary sailing techniques will be offered to neophyte members of the club at no extra charge...
...Battenberg, 49, Count of Barcelona and Pretender to the Spanish throne, which he and his monarchist supporters are certain will be restored when Franco goes. Until that happens, he can only wait restlessly in self-imposed exile at Estoril, Portugal's glittering resort, or take the handsome yacht Saltillo for endless cruises in the Mediterranean-an embodiment of his country's impatience, and a symbol of the Spanish past that is desperately trying to move into modern Europe...
Even during the cruises, mail and radio reports flow out to the yacht. Last week, heading slowly back to Estoril from a trip through the Mediterranean, he paused briefly off Gibraltar to confer with two leaders of his council. He also stopped at Cartagena as guest of the local naval commander...
Moreover, Don Juan's own relations with Franco have warmed considerably-at least on the surface. Elaborate arrangements are now always made for refueling Don Juan's yacht in Spanish ports. Once, in Majorca, sailors from Spain's naval base were given liberty for the occasion of Don Juan's visit, and saluted the Saltillo, moving the Pretender to tears as he piloted the craft...