IN LONDON, the Minister of Health announced his intention of
spending £1,000 million on hospitals: 'I hope none of the ceilings of the hospitals we are going to build under this plan will fall down,' he said. Sir Alan Herbert bet Mr Wedgwood Benn £10 that a prosecution brought against a pirate radio would be suc- cessful; Esso planned to look for oil in Surrey; and Scotland Yard gave permission for police- men to wear glasses. Lady Dorothy Mac- millan died. Short skirts for Oxford girls were banned for fear of disturbing their examiners. The Berlin Wall was opened for Whitsun, and 2,000 Swiss yodellers competed at a watch- making centre near Berne. One thousand pairs of British Army socks were stolen in Singa- pore. In London again, the National Theatre spent f136 on two pairs of brown contact lenses for actors cast to play Sicilians : 'They would have looked silly if they didn't have the right coloured eyes for the part,' said the producer. Cassius Clay retained the world heavyweight championship; while the Minister of Sport backed Grey Moss for the Derby, and lost.
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