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Public relations was a prime topic of discussion. "We're not money-grubbing capitalists," Scott A. Abell '72. "People have got to understand that we're working our way through school.
In charge of the myriad details of this week's wedding is the First Family's social secretary, Elizabeth Clements Abell, 34. Working from a sheaf of check lists and a mammoth plastic-covered map of the White House on which the nuptial traffic flow is charted with...
No Regrets. The decor will be, in Mrs. Abell's word, "Christmasy." Holly and topiary trees flecked with "teeny white lights" will adorn the East Room. Seven attendants in gowns of Goya red will vie for the eye with the 32-member Marine Band's scarlet tunics. The...
Bess Abell is admirably qualified to organize White House social functions. The daughter of former Kentucky Governor (and later U.S. Senator) Earle Clements, she supervised 34 state luncheons and dinners this year alone, and prepared Luci Baines Nugent's wedding last year. "Luci's was a dress rehearsal...
The Plump Raisin. Pat's publicity problems were the least of the White House headaches. As the months ticked off, Social Secretary Bess Abell, Distaff Press Secretary Liz Carpenter and their combined staffs of seven became al most totally engrossed in nuptial arrangements, letting routine social functions pretty much...