Word: hiltonization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Greater variation marked the other half of the program, conducted by Elliott Forbes. Three motets by Victoria, Beveridge, and Randall Thompson displayed control and lightness, the Thompson work being of peculiarly obvious but quite appealing construction. Two 17th century "ayres" by John Hilton and two 16th century chansons by Claude Le Jeune were sung delicately, but the chorus's diction was not always good. In a more lyrical vein, two songs of Brahms and one of Schumann were wonderfully rich and fluid, the latter ending softly with well-controlled dynamics...
...jewelry had been cached in Buffalo, the FBI recovered part of the loot, while New York City cops gathered information that led to the arrest of four men and a wom an, members of a ring of international hotel thieves. Victim of the mid-January theft from her Savoy-Hilton Hotel suite in Manhattan: Patricia Kennedy Lawford, sister of the President and wife of Actor Peter Lawford...
...that account. The inaugural committee threw a huge affair at the National Gallery to welcome Bess Truman, the Cabinet wives, the Kennedy and Johnson ladies, and other women of importance; the hall became a rustling sea of mink and jewel, bouffant hairdo and beaded gown. Over at the Statler-Hilton, House Speaker Sam Rayburn hosted a party for Lyndon Johnson; at the Mayflower, Young Democrats danced with anxious glances at the entrance, hoping for the arrival of Jack Kennedy. He did not show-but Brother Bobby and his wife Ethel saved the day. Hour after hour, top names turned...
...league-and owner of the Dallas Texans -is soft-spoken Lamar Hunt, 28, onetime bench-riding end at Southern Methodist and son of Texas-sized Millionaire H. L. Hunt. Brash Bud Adams, 37, owner of the Houston Oilers, is the son of the chairman of Phillips Petroleum Co. Barron Hilton, 32, son of Hosteler Conrad Hilton, is president of the Los Angeles Chargers...
Progress Abroad. Tabler runs into more resistance to new ideas among U.S. building inspectors than European. "Europeans are eager to accept any new idea we develop that is approved by the fire underwriters," he said. "The London Hilton would cost 10% to 15% more if we were building it in New York." The British accepted easier-to-install copper plumbing and approved a modern plumbing layout that eliminates 80% of the pipe. New York will not, because the plumbers' union objects. Any attempt to change a code brings a cry from labor unions and trade associations. The plumbers complained...