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Precise arrangements had been made with painstaking care. In Boston, a huge wooden stand was being built for the occasion. In Chicago, local Democrats assembled 118 bands and floats for a parade and 9,000 tickets were issued for an L.B.J. spectacular at the Conrad Hilton. The parade, featuring WELCOME L.B.J. placards, took place anyway. From Massachusetts to Oregon, White House secret service men had feverishly planned security precautions...
What happened next is right out of a Chip Hilton novel. The fired-up Harvard freshmen made Holy Cross pay a lot more for that injury than just a 15-yard penalty...
...sending crackerjack salesmen to such faraway places as Venice (RCA) or Pago Pago (Ford). Nobody does it as grandly as Gibson. The company is paying out $2,000,000 for jet charters alone, will spend another half million to quarter guests in Hong Kong's Manda rin and Hilton hotels and entertain them. Each dealer is furnished with a 40-coupon book of tickets entitling him to everything from a pot of Oriental welcoming tea on arrival to a tour of the Tiger Balm Gardens and dinner at the floating restaurants of Aberdeen...
...avoid or soften the blow. The easiest solution is to raise prices. Thus, brewers have suggested that publicans charge a penny a pint more for beer, and the Hairdressers' Federation suggests an increase of sixpence a haircut. Hotels are also announcing or considering price hikes. The London Hilton calculates its wage bill will rise by $2,800 a week...
...Sonny Listen." About half the money will be raised by passing the plate and selling books during the crusade, with the rest anted up by British churches and businessmen. One Graham supporter offered the crusade $14,000 on the enigmatic condition that Billy would not stay at the London Hilton; assured that Graham had confirmed reservations at the Kensington Palace, the backer doubled his contribution...