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...time President Eisenhower arrived in the Ambassador Hotel's mirrored ballroom, the A.F.L. stand was official; its 10.2 million members were asked to donate $1 each for the fall campaign - to help Democratic candidates. Introducing Eisenhower, George Meany said just three words: "Gentlemen, the President...
President and Mrs. Pusey were at home to their second freshman class yesterday. A long line of tweed and flannel clad figures wound through the 17 Quincy St. ballroom. At the head of the line, the President and his wife stood and chatted with the latest arrivals to the Yard. As the freshmen introduced themselves the President smiled politely and fidgited with his fingers. Mrs. Pusey asked a question. They answered briefly. Those students through introductions lounged about, cheerfully sipping tea, while those waiting in line shifted from foot to foot and coughed quietly...
...Roseland State Ballroom in Bos ton's Back Bay, just down the street from Symphony Hall, was jumping last week...
...Producer Hughes would drop by, order the hotel orchestra to keep right on playing after closing hours, and just the two of them in the darkened ballroom would dance romantically into the dawn. After six weeks of this, Gina broke down, signed "a preliminary piece of paper," flew back to Italy. Hughes has the option still, but Gina insists she will go to Hollywood "only if I get the right sort of contract...
Dancers swung and swayed with Sammy Kaye on the Astor roof and shirt-sleeved crowds jostled up and down Times Square one hot, sticky night last week as 2,000 men and women filed off Broadway and into the Astor's grand ballroom to pay homage to Roy Cohn. Except for Indian Charlie and Private Dave Schine (on duty at Camp Gordon, Ga.), nearly everyone in the McCarthy crowd was there. New York had probably not seen such a display of sentiment since Lou Gehrig said farewell at Yankee Stadium...