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...term without drifting off in pursuit of better things. Javits also made news later in the week, though for a different reason. Ever the politician, he accepted an accolade as "1966 Father of the Year,"* posed for pictures as Actress Eva Gabor pinned a ribbon betokening the award on his lapel...
Whoever thought the head man of so secretive an outfit would stand up and accept an award for running an airline under "extremely sensitive political conditions"? Yet there was George Doole Jr., Air America's managing director, smiling like a Rotarian and receiving a citation for the line's achievements from Washington's Aero Club at a luncheon in the capital last week. After the luncheon, Doole, a former Pan American Airways pilot, shrugged off newsmen's questions about his company's activities. "One wouldn't know," he said, if any particular contract...
...award of the Interior Department contract brings Physicist Gourdine back into the public eye. In 1952, while still a physics student at Cornell, "Flash" Gourdine went to the Olympic Games at Helsinki and won a silver medal in the broad jump...
...recognition of this, the American Council for Nationalities Service last week presented the London-born conductor with its Golden Door Award, given annually to a foreign-born citizen who has made significant contributions to U.S. cultural life. In accepting the honor, Stoky's thoughts characteristically turned to youth. "There is rising a young generation," he said, "with which I am in touch, and they're seeing things in a new way." Then by way of proof, he led his youthful American Symphony Orchestra in a Mozart serenade...
...come to my attention that once again our network is behind all three others in Emmy Awards. This must not happen again. We must close the Emmy gap immediately. Therefore I have directed all vice presidents to turn their attention to this year's awards so that next year we can be up there on the podium getting ours. Remember the motto of this company: Neither be the first nor the last. Following are a few notes off the top of my head about last week's award program...