A Surfeit of Service

No wedding guest will lack for service at the Government commandeered hotels.

“Everytime they'walk out of their room,” one hotel mane Iger said, “a bearer will run in and change the towels.”

Two new second‐class hotels are going up in the downtown area, and the owners; proddirig their work crews, are desper ately trying to make at least a few rooms habitable in time for the main wedding events. However, the windows are still paneless and the plumbing is not yet connected.

So far, of the more than 50 heads of state invited, only three—the King of Laos, the President of India and Gover nor General of Ceylon — are coming personally. The rest are sending representatives.

There will be a smattering of royalty in addition to the Laotian king, such as the Crown Prince and Princess of Afghanistan, and the Chogyal of Sikkim and his wife.

Britain is sending Prince Richard of Gloucester, a cousin of Queen Elizabeth. The Prince met Prince Birendra when they were both at Eton.

When President Nixon de clined, American Embassy of ficials here reportedly re quested David and Julie Eisen hower. They are getting the junior Senator from Ohio, Wil liam B. Saxbe, and his wife.

For several weeks, the great powers did an “After you, Al phonse,” as Communist China, the Soviet Union and the United States held off to see whom the others would send. But the Russians and Americans finally gave up and announced their representatives on the same day.