Word: carolled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ingratiating words, the warmest notes at the gala black-tie party were struck by a guest who had to sing for her supper-Musical Comedy Star Carol Channing. A Johnson favorite, especially after her Hello, Dolly! number was appropriated for his 1964 campaign theme, Channing is currently appearing in one of the show's road productions. But she and other cast members took time out-"Operation Big Daddy," she dubbed it-to put on an abridged version for the President and his guests, who included most leading Washington luminaries, as well as such show-biz notables as Douglas Fairbanks...
...Girl. Before the musical began, its leading lady clued in the press about her special relationship with the First Family. On Election Day 1964, Channing related, she received a long-distance call from the President's wife, who asked: "Is this our dear little Carol?" Channing continued: "I said, 'Yes it is, Mrs. Johnson.' And she said, 'I called you Carol, Carol.' And I said, 'So you did, Lady Bird.' And that was the first time I ever called her Lady Bird." After Mrs. Johnson had finished, "a deep voice came...
...tiered cake to commemorate the fourth season of Hello, Dolly!. Channing paraphrased a line from the show. "I'm deeply grateful to the Great Society," she exclaimed, "because you know exactly how to spread it around!" At another point, L.B.J. brought Everett Dirksen over for an introduction, and Carol bubbled: "I'm so glad to meet you. People keep saying we sound alike...
Married. Ellsworth Bunker, 72, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large and the man whose consummate diplomacy was largely responsible for bringing an end to the 1965-66 Dominican crisis; and Carol C. Laise, 49, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal, one of five U.S. women to hold ambassadorial rank; she for the first time, he for the second, and the first ever for two U.S. Ambassadors; in Katmandu, Nepal, where Bunker will make his headquarters between trouble-shooting missions around the world...
Married. Hal Holbrook, 41, the virtuoso one-man show in Off-Broadway's long-running (174 performances) Mark Twain Tonight!; and Carol Rossen, 28, aspiring actress, daughter of Hollywood's late Producer-Director Robert Rossen (The Hustler); he for the second time; in Manhattan...