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...refilmed; Jackie momentarily confused a Dolley Madison sofa with one of Nelly Custis'). She easily rattled off the names of bygone artists and cabinetmakers, displayed an impressive knowledge of intimate White House history. The Green Room, she noted, "used to be the dining room, and here Jefferson gave his famous dinners and introduced such exotic foods as macaroni, waffles and ice cream to the United States." Woodrow Wilson so detested the stuffed animal heads with which Theodore Roosevelt had adorned the state dining room that he always "seated himself in such a manner that he would not see them...
...their first look at how she has redone the regal Red Room, long used for receptions before state dinners and now used mainly for ladies' teas. Its walls and silk draperies are a bright magenta trimmed in gold, setting off the portraits of eleven past U.S. Presidents. Thomas Jefferson has the place of honor over the mantel, taking the place of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and her pet collie...
...thoroughly respectable, Charles Town Race Course is the biggest business in all of Jefferson County, employs 1,200, and boasts a $5 million plant-including a heated clubhouse and a three-quarter-mile track that is specially designed to provide good footing, even when it is covered with snow. But Charles Town's persistent problem is still the freakish winter weather. In 1954, a bolt of lightning struck the starting gate, knocked out Starter Harold Holland and the two Percherons that were tugging the gate into position. In 1956, riders abruptly quit for the day after a 60-m.p.h...
...years, Jefferson County grand juries were routinely called; just as routinely they discovered no evidence...
Little White Envelopes. During three days of televised hearings before the legislative committee, Jefferson County Sheriff Charles Meyer admitted "campaign contributions" of $85,581 over a five-year period; he campaigned only once in the five years and was unopposed. The contributions, he said, came in little white envelopes. Port Arthur Police Chief Garland B. Douglas got "campaign contributions" of $65,000; his was an appointive office. On a monthly salary of $735, Beaumont's Chief of Police J. H. Mulligan had tucked away $40,000 in the bank and owned property worth...