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...them were. The A.T.A. itself gave the final banquet, featuring Bob Hope (fee for his act: $45,000). It also gave a luncheon of chicken curry and boeuf stroganoff for 50 of the hotel staff, which had scooped up perhaps $100,000 in tips during the four days. That's convention business...
...Newsman John Chancellor is usually in the public eye with his co-anchor David Brinkley, but he gamely agreed to wing it with a macaw named Bob. The occasion was a fund-raising luncheon for the New York Zoological Society, which is dedicated to protecting endangered species and displaying animals in natural environments. Chancellor, a devotee of wildlife preservation, had no trouble with the boa constrictor and the tarantula that came to lunch. The macaw, however, was for the birds. "Neither one of us expected to have our picture taken together," said Chancellor. "He bit me, just to show...
Kennedy's speech elicited a standing ovation, but the talk of the luncheon that followed the ceremony seemed to the Smith's address. He called the naming of the school's library for Engelhard "a travesty and a damn shame," and claimed the late businessman is a symbol of U.S. support of the apartheid regime...
...year veteran of the House decided not to run for re-election. Instead, she will teach public service at the Lyndon Johnson School of Public Affairs in Texas. Jordan returns home today after a breakfast with Texas students, an Adams House reception, and a luncheon at the Kennedy School...
Last week Rhodes told 70 Republicans at a $25-a-plate luncheon in rural Carroll County that employment is the key campaign issue. With typical bombast, he attacked bureaucrats who "do not-understand the courageous mother who has to line her children up and say, 'There's no Christmas this year because your father doesn't have a job.' " Rhodes claims credit for attracting 481,000 new jobs to Ohio and cutting welfare rolls by 40,000 since...