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...First Lady excited Europe, where Jackiemania is still rampant, and enthralled Italians of both sexes. "It was the women, above all, who were curious," observed Rome's Il Messaggero. "Not very sexy," purred one Italian matron, "and a little bit wooden." Milan's Il Giorno noted chivalrously-and accurately-that Jackie's figure, at 43, is "still elegant, slim, and young...
...organization with Banker David Rockefeller as its chairman and Governor Nelson Rockefeller on the board of trustees, Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art is bankrolling an incongruous enterprise. As part of the museum's current exhibit on "Information," a poet named John Giorno contributed a sort of Dial-a-Radical service. By telephoning (212) 956-7032, the public can hear one of more than 600 predominantly revolutionary, tape-recorded messages...
...Mercifully excepting a youthful fiasco called Un Giorno di Regno...
Stasera, a new Milan daily, closed shortly after Mattei died. One of Milan's morning papers cut editorial salaries by 20%, fired part of the staff, and canceled plans for an afternoon edition. An economy wave swept over Milan's Il Giorno, Italy's fourth largest daily. Two Rome papers began a steady descent toward oblivion...
Mattei directly controlled only one paper, Il Giorno. But E.N.I, was a leading advertising account for scores of others. When Rome's conservative financial daily, Il Globo, accused E.N.I, of unfair competition, the lucrative E.N.I, ads abruptly ceased. How much Mattei money was transferred into the Italian press remained a secret locked in Mattei's mind-and in his office safe. Without doubt, it was plenty. Before his death, the industrial swashbuckler told a visiting journalist: "That safe contains every one," meaning the long list of newspapers on Italy's top payola list...