Word: pats
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this, Luci gave a party for 60 White House staff members of all stations, including Vice Admiral George Burkley, the chief physician, and Electrician Trophes Bryant, the unofficial keeper of the presidential kennels. She had stayed up the night before until 3 a.m., autographing color photographs of herself and Pat to be used as gifts for the staff. One sample, for Assistant Chef Nick Salvador: "With deep appreciation for yummy fried eggs and homemade toast, but most of all for your delightful sense of humor, your ever-smiling face and your friendship." At dawn, when the President...
...daughter can afford to ignore a certain amount of tradition. Because of his position, Lyndon Johnson was placed at the head of the receiving line, and Luci had her first dance with him instead of with her bridegroom. Luci also set a new pattern for brides when she and Pat went out on the south lawn and, stooping down in her wedding regalia, she patted the collie and two beagles. The first people through the reception line were Speaker and Mrs. John McCormack, two of Washington's social hermits, and Luci showed that she was her daddy...
...Pat Nugent, a novice at the game of politics, handled the names like a well-briefed pro and made lively small talk to the guests. With obvious relish, the President bestowed kisses on a number of ladies. And, of course, almost everyone wanted to kiss the bride. Republican Senator Everett Dirksen, on crutches, received the most benign of greetings from the President as he came through the line, got his second kiss of the day from Luci. Cooed Luci: "Oh, I could do that all afternoon." Alice Longworth, Teddy Roosevelt's daughter, whose own dazzling wedding set a White...
...corporation. Last week the World Journal Tribune was still insisting that the pressmen work an eight-hour shift on Saturday night, just as they do at the New York Times and the Daily News. The pressmen were still holding out for a 6½-hour shift. Both sides stood pat...
...Today, considerably slimmed down and grown sharp, she is known as Maria Callas. Other Amateur Hour alumni and their years are Merril Miller, '36 (now the Metropolitan Opera's Robert Merrill), and a member of the Hoboken Four, Frank Sinatra, '35. Other graduates include Teresa Brewer, Pat Boone, Georgia Gibbs, Frank Fontaine, Bert Parks and the Met's Regina Resnik...