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Congressman from Arizona, were snowbound in Washington; but those who made it included their uncle Jesse, an Arizona Supreme Court justice, plus eight Udall lawyers, five judges, two law students, seven doctors, two medical students, four mayors or former mayors, and one city manager.
As a duenna of young lovers, Actress Merle Oberon, 47, has been a smashing success. Look what happened after she chaperoned Frankie and Mia. Now Merle and her husband, Industrialist Bruno Pagliai, have another pair to encourage: Lynda Bird Johnson, 22, and George Hamilton, 27, who flew to Acapulco to spend a private vacation at the Pagliais' seaside villa. A small army of reporters and photographers besieged the villa, and another army of guards kept the newsmen at bay. A truce was arranged, with George assembling the press and laying down the ground rules. "There will be no answer to the Big Question," said he. Someone asked about their marriage plans anyway. "This is a very personal question," said George, "and we will keep it personal."
If he had the deed to do all over again, would he attempt it? "Yes! And how!" bellowed Prince Felix Youssoupoff, 79, the man who murdered czarist Russia's lecherous holy man Rasputin. Brave talk. The prince was nearly dead on his feet after he had dispatched the wild monk by feeding him enough cyanide to kill a regiment of Cossacks, blasting him with a revolver, beating him with a rubber truncheon, and dumping him into the Neva River. Now, 50 years after the murder, the prince will have the pleasure of watching someone else do the job. His recent book, The End of Rasputin, is being filmed near the prince's home in Paris, with English Actor Peter McEnery giving the fatal mugging to Gert (Goldfinger) Frobe.
"I offer this Mass to you as a personal gift," said San Juan's Archbishop Luis Aponte Martinez. "What else could I or the church offer you that could be of any value?" In response, two threads of tears appeared on the cheeks of Cellist Pablo Casals, celebrating his 90th birthday. After the service, the maestro returned with his 30-year-old wife Marta and a small group of friends to his seaside villa, where he opened hundreds of gifts and cables from all over the world. Casals' birthday festival in San Juan lasted two days, ending with a commemoratory concert, a formal party at the Governor's palace, and the tranquil comment from Casals: "I am happy to have arrived at this age still being a little useful."