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Died. Colonel George J. McNally, 64, chief of the White House communications system from 1946 to 1965, who kept four Presidents in constant touch with Washington, no matter where in the world they happened to be-even if that meant installing a telephone in the Taj Mahal, as he did when Eisenhower visited in 1959; of a heart attack; in Bethesda...
Laughter is Lisagor's calling card. He has stepped on Khrushchev's foot, fallen asleep in the Taj Mahal and walked head-on into a lamp post (with bloody consequences) while recording the words of Lyndon Johnson...
...GROWS Taj Mahal is achieving more by putting out less. From its first song his new album relaxes, and leaves the walls of sound around which he wrote The Natch'l Blues for a looser and quieter feel. Taj cuts his voice so far down in volume that he sounds like Mississippi John Hurt, crooning, bending the pitch, working hoarsely against the instruments' rhythmic line. While he becomes more reserved in volume and tone, he is getting more expressive in range and rhythm...
...launching pad into house-construction. William Adkison and Ralph DeMeo, a couple of Florida carpenters who were earning $2.83 an hour a decade ago, joined to start A.D.H. Construction Co. The firm did extensive remodeling work, earned enough to begin building apartment houses. It recently moved into a Taj Mahal-like building, which has a steam room, sauna, exercise room...
...Plethora, Las Vegas last week reached a new pinnacle of preposterousness. Two huge new hotels flung open their doors within the space of 24 hours, to the accompaniment of a 21-gun promotional salvo. "In France, it's the Eiffel Tower. In India, it's the Taj Mahal. In Las Vegas, it's the Landmark," boasted TV spots for Howard Hughes' 476-room Landmark Hotel, whose qualifications for uniqueness include "the world's longest swimming pool" (240 ft., shaped like a hot-water bottle) and the only high-altitude casino (on the 29th floor...