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Warm Crowds. Returning to Washington, Kennedy reviewed plans for a January fund-raising banquet on the third anniversary of his inauguration, joined Jackie in greeting 700 guests at the annual White House reception for the Justices of the Supreme Court. It was Jackie's first appearance as hostess at an official White House function since the death last August of her infant son. And then, next day, John and Jacqueline Kennedy left for Texas...
Appearing at a Better Business Bureau banquet in Chicago, Goldwater told 1,800 people that "I have my political hat on tonight." Then he laced into the Kennedy Administration, saying that the New Frontier has produced "1,026 days of wasted spending, wishful thinking, unwarranted intervention, wistful theories and waning confidence." The alliteration was admirable, but Barry proved once again that he delivers a formal speech with woeful woodenness...
...social commentary, your story on Gabriele Lagerwall [Oct. 25] ranks with Trimalchio's banquet...
...first wife of a German Chancellor in 30 years (excepting Eva Braun's few days) likes it better in the Haus than the banquet halls. Unpretentious Luise Erhard still does her own shopping in neighborhood stores and bargain basements, and she actively dislikes the necessary but nettlesome social functions. So during the round of farewell parties for Konrad Adenauer, it came as only a mild surprise one evening when she was the only woman in floor-length gown. Aghast at her gaffe, she whispered to Adenauer, "I feel so out of place." "Don't you worry," der Alte...
...became apparent last May when he paid a triumphal visit to Greece, De Gaulle has visions of rebuilding France's influence in the Middle and Near East. At a banquet in Golestan Palace, in private talks with the Shah and his able Premier, Assadollah Alam, the guest repeated his pitch: Iran enjoys a friend in France, which has had treaty relations with the country since Louis XIV. In an address to Parliament, De Gaulle hailed the Shah's reforms, added that Iran, like France, has preserved dignified independence despite the cold war. He wound up with a grand...