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...Show of the Week (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). "USO-Wherever They Go!" is a tribute to the United Service Organizations on its 20th anniversary, with President Kennedy and former Presidents Eisenhower and Truman participating. Stars in the wartime and contemporary film clips include Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Lena Home, Danny Kaye, Marilyn Monroe, Debbie Reynolds and Danny Thomas...
Pinched Pentagon. In April, Kennedy was even prepared to fire Army General Lyman ("Lena") Lemnitzer, the tradition-bound chairman of the Joint Chiefs. The President was ready to give the job to Taylor. But Politician Kennedy quickly foresaw the outcry that would surely roil both the Pentagon and Capitol Hill; he decided instead to put Taylor on his personal staff...
...tables. To succeed retiring Carrol M. Shanks, 62, as president, the Prudential Insurance Co. (outranked only by Metropolitan Life) picked Executive Vice President Louis R. Menagh Jr., 68, a 46-year Prudential veteran who is already three years past the company's recommended retirement age. Menagh (rhymes with Lena) is a spry and active executive who attributes his good health to the fact that his mother lived to be 92, his father 89 (after retiring at 80-for one week). His selection nonetheless came as a considerable surprise to the Pru's policyholders and the insurance world...
...most attractive, almost always features a lone singer (Lilo, Lisa Kirk, Hildegarde). The Waldorf's Empire Room, whose headwaiter has cultivated the manner of a Habsburg prince, offers the biggest marquee names, second only to the Copacabana. They include oldtimers and almost-old-timers (Nelson Eddy, Lena Home, currently Dick Haymes and Fran Jeffries) as well as occasional newcomers; recently the room sported the Kim Sisters-three Koreans who sing American and yodel, too. The Maisonette at the St. Regis has a small circle of chanteuses who supposedly appeal to society-Julie Wilson, Vicky Autier et al. The Cotillion...
...Broadway theater, sultry Singer Lena Home dropped in on opening night to catch her daughter, Gail Jones, 22, in a musical titled Valmouth and having to do with the antics of a mixed bag of aristocrats, plebeians and Far Eastern visitors at an English seaside resort. The critics thought the show "tired" and "a mess," but one allowed that Gail might ride more handsomely in another vehicle. Tersely observed the New York Times: "Gail may turn out to be a singer...