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These are among the ingredients of the Henry R. Luce Hall of News Reporting, which opens in the Smithsonian's Museum of History and Technology this week. The permanent exhibit, named for the co-founder of TIME and jointly financed by Time Inc. and the Smithsonian, aims at presenting a kinetic view of the people and technology of journalism. Though journalism may seem to be the most ephemeral of trades, dealing with instants perpetually displaced by fresher news, the exhibit shows that the industry has a complex and fascinating history...
...exhibit on journalism would be complete without the Teletype machines that clack out the latest events in news offices around the world. At the Luce Hall, visitors can not only monitor incoming bulletins; they are also invited to take home samples of the wire-service copy that will appear under tomorrow's headlines...
...WOMEN by CLARE BOOTHE LUCE...
From the start, the relationship between Clare and her husband's magazines was uncomfortable. To show their independence, the editors were often snide when they referred to her. Luce himself bridled at their treatment of his wife, but refused to interfere. Eventually, it was decided by all involved that the best course was simply to ignore her, a policy that was broken only when it was necessary to chronicle her career as war correspondent, Congresswoman from Connecticut, Ambassador to Italy, an early scuba diver and a leading, often controversial figure in the conservative wing of the Republican Party...
Despite her age, it is still clear what Photographer Cecil Beaton meant when he described Mrs. Luce as "most drenchingly beautiful"-she still has a great, lingering beauty, with a near perfect profile. Several unsuccessful operations for double cataracts have left her somewhat frail, however, and she finds that she is usually too tired these days to attend the theater, one of her great loves. But she was tempted to make an exception-and break her rule about her own first nights-to attend the opening of The Women. She finally decided against it. "It will probably be my last...