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...rendition of the Brahms violin concerto was the hit of a gala at the Hollywood Bowl. At supper afterward, his observations ranged from philosophy ("Music is more important than musicians. The music goes on and on. All we can do is serve it honestly") to a pun inspired by Ogden Nash ("I leave no tone unSterned...
...June primaries, the students' scorecard showed only one clear victory, that of Ron Dellums, a radical black congressional candidate from Berkeley. However, more than 300 students helped in the Westchester County, N.Y., campaign of Ogden Reid, an antiwar Republican, and his staff called their aid "crucial" in the narrow victory he won for renomination...
...immediate problem was that my representatives. both in the House and the Senate. know how improper our policies are Congressman Ogden Reid is the sponsor of anti-war legislation in the House, and almost everyone knows that Senators Goodell and Javits are far from hawks. Even the Congressman in the district bordering mine-Richard Ottinger-is a dove. It was hard for me to believe that I could come from such a heavily-Republican area and still be this happy about my representatives. So the extent of my lobbying efforts with these men was a pep-talk note which...
...idea came from Architect Charles Luckman, head of Ogden's development subsidiary, after he was called in to design buildings for a portion of the site. Luckman, Ogden Chairman Ralph Ablon and I.C.I. Chairman William Johnson finally hammered out a partnership deal while flying from Chicago to Manhattan in an Ogden company plane. "We get all the money; they pay all the bills," joked Johnson last week, as he and Luckman divulged the plans. Not quite. Of the project's total cost, Ogden will receive 5% as architects and 2% as a development fee. Ogden will lease...
...Luckman, who broke with professional tradition by merging his own firm with Ogden in 1968, the still unnamed Chicago venture is the pinnacle of a second career. Though trained as an architect (University of Illinois, '31), he became a soap salesman during the Depression and rose to be president of Lever Bros, at 37. He left the company in 1950 after a policy fight and turned to practicing architecture. Many architects struggle ineffectually to influence decisions that determine the surroundings of buildings and the shape of whole neighborhoods or cities. In Chicago, Luckman has reached that coveted goal...