Word: clubs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...member of the Harvard Law-Grad Democrat Club charged yesterday that outside pressure was responsible for the club's decision not to pay George Lincoln Rockwell his traveling expenses for last Monday's speech...
Fourth Reich. During World War II Jack served in the Army's chemical-warfare branch, was discharged as a lieutenant colonel in 1945. A Republican since joining Fiorello La Guardia's home club in 1932, he immediately got himself appointed research chief for the G.O.P.'s New York City mayoralty candidate, Jonah Goldstein, who was roundly whipped by Bill O'Dwyer. As a reward for his labors, the party offered Javits the nomination for Congress in the 21st District, an exceptionally HIerate, sophisticated?and Democratic?area which had attracted so many German-Jewish refugees from Hitler that part...
Javits' knowledgeable, purposive mien wins him the respect of many who abhor his philosophy?and generous support from those who share it. To raise funds for his 1962 campaign, 20 luncheons were held at New York's 21 Club, each for 24 persons. If the tab was high, the take was higher: $250,000 from the 480 guests. His financial backers are a wildly diverse group?thanks in part to Marion's standing in artistic-intellectual-entertainment circles. They have comprised a mint of Rockefellers, a socko of showbiz moguls from MCA's Jules Stein to the late Billy Rose...
...Republicans, though impressed by the actor's runaway victory in California's G.O.P. gubernatorial primary (TIME, June 17), were either unaware or dubious of Rea gan's move toward the center since he supported Goldwater in 1964. In a candid, eloquent speech before the National Press Club, the newcomer left no doubt of his present views...
Kaempfert cultivated his taste for "foreign music" when he led a sextet in a U.S. Army officers' club in Bremerhaven. By cribbing from the jukebox, he learned all the popular American songs, soon developed a skill for arranging and composing foxtrotting tunes in the big-band idiom. Since his "music that does not disturb," as he calls it, is geared for U.S. audiences, he is virtually unknown in his own country. But Kaempfert does not care; last year he grossed $950,000. Strangers ought to make 'him a millionaire. "Maybe then," says his wife, "they will pay attention...