Word: bird
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...Admiral David L. McDonald that "the admiral wants to introduce a new military concept-victory." Ronald Reagan, says Bob, "has a secret plan to win the war. He will release it just as soon as John Wayne finishes his picture." And how about that White House wedding? "Lynda Bird looked just marvelous, and I'm sure she and General Robb will be happy when they come back from their honeymoon." When the young couple left the White House, "L.B.J. threw a pair of old shoes at them. Unfortunately Hubert was still in them...
Then, in a six-minute ceremony, Episcopal Canon Gerald McAllister of San Antonio united dimpled Lynda Bird Johnson, 23, and Marine Captain Charles Spittal Robb, 28, a brush-cut, bridge-playing descendant of Lord Baltimore. Asked who gave the bride away, L.B.J. could not resist a pitch for feminine votes, and said: "Her mother and I." On behalf of the Marine Corps, six of Chuck Robb's fellow officers crossed swords outside the East Room to form an arch as the couple exited. When Yuki tried to join the picture-taking session in the yellow Oval Room, Lady Bird...
...FULLBACK: Lee White, 21, Weber State, 6 ft. 4 in., 240 Ibs. "A sleeper," says one scout, apparently figuring that White would go unnoticed by the other bird dogs because he played for the small Ogden, Utah, school. Not so. A Little All-America, White carried the ball an average of 28 times a game, ran for 276 yds. against Idaho. "Doesn't have great outside speed," says a scouting report, "but really tough inside. An excellent blocker on both runs and passes. Will be among the first four draft picks...
Married. Lynda Bird Johnson, 23, and Marine Captain Charles Rohb, 28 (see THE NATION...
...remoter areas, the road is changing whole cultures. For hundreds of years, northern Peru's Aguaruna Indians lived in secluded families rather than communities, dressed in dingy loincloths and bird plumage, and let their women do most of the work while they went off to hunt or war with Ecuador's head-shrinking Jivaros. Now, the Indians-spiffed up in khaki pants and cotton sports shirts-are working on road gangs, settling into villages, and even taking up farming, cattle raising and carpentry...