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Arriving in Washington, Kennedy kept on the move. He watched Ike's farewell speech on TV, struggled into his formal clothes and hurried over to Sister Jean's house for a dinner dance. Then, after dropping in at a party tossed by West Coast Financier Bert Lytton, Kennedy took off again, in a chartered DC-6, for New York and a peaceful night away from the social demands of the capital. He got his final fittings for his inauguration outfit (cutaway, grey waistcoat, striped pants, topper), ordered a few business suits at $225 apiece, got a checkup from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The 35th: John Fitzgerald Kennedy | 1/27/1961 | See Source »

...Jerome Bert Wiesner, 45, Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology. Articulate, pipe-smoking Jerry Wiesner has tramped through North Carolina and Alabama in search of folk songs with famed Collectors John and Alan Lomax. He is also an experienced, politically adroit Government adviser on scientific matters, with a staggering list of credits: he directed development of an early-warning radar system, planned the instrumentation for the Bikini A-bomb test, helped develop the Distant Early Warning radar line and the SAGE communications system. As professor of electrical engineering at M.I.T. and director of its Research Laboratory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Administration: A Parcel of Appointments | 1/20/1961 | See Source »

...Declaring that the University of Kansas had illegally recruited Star Halfback Bert Coan, the Big Eight stripped the proud Jayhawkers of their first conference football title in 30 years. The new champion: Missouri, which was trounced by Coan and Kansas, 23-7. ¶He had little speed and his batting swing was a convulsive twitch, but the New York Yankees' Gil McDougald was smart enough to become in his time the most versatile infielder in the majors. Last week, at 32, McDougald proved again how smart he was by quitting the game after two fading seasons (1960 average...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, Dec. 19, 1960 | 12/19/1960 | See Source »

...last summer, largely because of the cool weather, sales hit a plateau, and Piel's looked around for an old-fashioned hard sell in the form of a jingle. Bert and Harry were seen less and less. Last week their $100,000 annual contract, owned by Goulding, Elliott and Edward Graham, the team's scriptwriter, expired. Young & Rubicam, Piel's advertising agency, did not renew it, instead tried to negotiate a new one for fewer commercials. Y. & R. explained that even though televiewers tuned in to programs just to hear the Bert and Harry ad, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Ailing Bert & Harry | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

...Wizard of Oz (CBS, 6-8 p.m.). A rerun of the 1939 movie classic sends Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr and Billie Burke on another trek up the yellow brick road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, Dec. 12, 1960 | 12/12/1960 | See Source »

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