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...titles among them, they are not that rich, nor are they idle. Less grand than the grandest of an older generation, but also less ostentatious, they might be called the New Elegants. And they are not a numbered set revolving around a few Manhattan town houses and Newport mansions but a relaxed confraternity that extends the length and breadth of the land...
Ringo Way. Born in Newport News, Va., orphaned and raised by an aunt in Yonkers, Ella Fitzgerald in her early days was a skinny girl, but over the years her stature grew in both senses. She is supersensitive about her weight, and understandably cried through the night once when-after she had performed with another heavy singer-a critic wrote: "Last night the stage contained 600 Ibs. of pure talent." The talent moves as well as sings. One of Ella Fitzgerald's secrets is that she really wishes she were a dancer. When she feels good onstage, she becomes...
...Crimson J.V.'s are putting a 2-1 record on the line against a Dartmouth squad that has lost to Army 21-7 in its only game thus far. The Crimson has beaten Tufts and Newport Naval Station and lost to B.C. Since junior varsity personnel changes from week to week, this game must rate a toss...
...worship Jack Kennedy. After Kennedy was elected, he named Salinger as his press secretary, and Pierre soon became an institution of his own. There was Pierre aboard the Honey Fitz in slacks of shocking pink; Pierre in blue and yellow shorts, chugging over the decorous grass tennis courts of Newport; Pierre flailing away on the Hyannis golf course while Kennedy watched in fond amusement; Pierre playing poker, sometimes at $1,000 a pot, with three wild cards; Pierre nursing his discriminating palate with fine wines and rich sauces at Washington's smart Le Bistro...
...freshman football team faces Boston College at 2:30 p.m. on B.C.'s field and the junior varsity football team travels to the Newport (that's Rhode Island not Virginia) Naval Station to challenge a team of gobs...