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...hour before he entered the guilty plea, Chacharis ended a political career that at one time seemed likely to take him from the sooty back rooms of Gary into greener pastures-almost any pastures being greener than Gary's. A politician who was active on the Kennedy campaign banquet circuit-and who brought in nearly 70% of Gary's vote for Jack Kennedy-Chacharis was once invited to the White House to meet Greek Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis. For a while, the dream of chubby George Chacharis to return to his native Greece as U.S. ambassador...
...speeches and rah for the discussion! The delegates approved highly of both. As for the other events, the delegates feel that they were unjustly led astray. Since when is "banquet" synonymous with eating a meal that cost little over a dollar, in the Harvard Union, cafeteria style? "Fun an games" were also quite disillusioning. The "games" seemed to consist of paying $.50, for which one received a Monopoly ticket. Upon redeeming this ticket with the youn-man-in-charge-of-drinks, the naive purchaser was handed a glass of slightly flavored ice cubes. The "run" still remains a dark mystery...
Slotnick said that the committee will make several suggestions to improve response in the future. Most important, the committee will recommend that the event be held on all-college weekend, exploiting a greater "market" for its Friday night show. Slotnick also said the banquet included in previous weekends but dropped from last year's schedule should be reinstated...
...Gaulle returns to his own apartments by 8 p.m., watches the TV news, and then usually dines with his wife and other relations whenever there is no state banquet. Like the lunches, dinners are simple and quick. De Gaulle is fond of soup, and huffily remarks that the Elysée blends are inferior to those prepared by his Colombey cook, Philoméne. He also dotes on a special beef stew that the family calls "stewed Salan's head.'' Dinner over, De Gaulle may watch a private screening of a movie (preferably a comedy...
...purpose halfback-quarterback at Salt Lake City's Granite High in 1958, Fortie drew only fleeting interest from college scouts. University of Utah boosters invited him to a recruiting banquet, but the dinner was postponed. Utah State talent hunters asked him to a swimming party, took one look at his skinny body in swimming trunks and crossed him off. When less choosy Brigham Young offered him an athletic scholarship, devout Mormon Fortie jumped at the chance. As a sophomore at B.Y.U., he played second-string T-formation quarterback: last year, as a single-wing tailback, he was a sensation...