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After dining at the White House with their guests, the Johnsons drove out for the final ceremonials, the Inauguration balls-and that is just what the President had: a ball. At the Mayflower and the Statler Hilton and the Armory and the Shoreham, and what Lyndon calls the Sheraton-Texas (where most Texans made their headquarters), Johnson stopped long enough to say a few words and to shake hands right and left, just as if he were campaigning. He also got into the crush on the dance floor, as the band played oldies like The Way You Look Tonight...
...Statler Hilton, Johnson introduced Humphrey as "the greatest Vice President 1 have ever known," and Hubert replied: "I had a feeling that after that gracious introduction, what you are really saying is that you are going to do the dancing and let me dj the speaking." Lady Bird got in a word too: "Thank you-this is a day for joy for the Johnsons and the Humphreys." And Muriel: "Imagine following three of the greatest speakers in the whole United States! Have a good time tonight. It's a great day, and great days are ahead...
...boarded Nazis during the Occupation, keeping the Allies posted on their travels. Last week Charles Ritz, 72, now Chairman of Paris' Ritz, flew to Manhattan to check into the strategies of Europe's latter-day invaders. He sampled a $90-a-day suite at the New York Hilton, ran his finger over the moldings, ordered snacks in from room service (usually in the wee hours), and emerged from his experiment reassured. "The Hilton is good in its field," he said kindly, "but the clientele just does not demand the same thing...
...East for sales of other goods. Moreover, if Eastern Europe's drift toward capitalism continues, the Communists may be willing some day to let Western businessmen invest in the East. On the upper levels of the Hungarian government, there was talk last year of inviting Conrad Hilton in to build and manage a hotel in Budapest. Though that idea fell through, at least four of the satellite countries are negotiating with Pepsi-Cola. The Communists want to buy Pepsi's franchises, but it is still possible that U.S. companies might buy into bottling plants behind the Iron Curtain...
...Robert P. Williford, 64, who retired last August as the $64,650-a-year vice chairman of Hilton Hotels Corp. (1963 sales: $226 million), was elected the surprise successor to Conrad N. Hilton, 78, as president and chief executive officer. Hilton stepped aside (he remains chairman) only because the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange insisted on separate executives when the company recently spun off its more profitable overseas operations into a separate Hilton International Co. that accounted for $60.3 million of Hilton's 1963 sales. Hilton will continue to head the international branch. Texas-born Bob Williford...