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When William F. Buckley Jr. threw a splashy black-tie party for 650 of his friends at New York City's Plaza Hotel last week to mark the 25th anniversary of his conservative biweekly National Review, the event was marred by one disappointing absence: the guest of honor, President-elect Ronald Reagan, who was in Southern California trying to pick a Cabinet. "Reagan had no memory of the dinner," explained Buckley. "He was absolutely crestfallen...
...assistant manager of the Park Plaza confirmed that guests registered "quite a few complaints" about running in the halls, noise and bottlethrowing during the four-day convention, but he added that "kids are kids," and that the hotel expects some loudness and petty vandalism at such a large gathering...
Richard J. DiNatale '82, secretary-general of the Model U.N., said that the Model U.N. did not move to the Park Plaza because of incidents at the Sheraton. "We have a good rapport with Sheraton," DeNatale said, adding, "The Park Plaza just offered us a better deal...
...Latino, the Park Plaza sales executive who arranged the accommodations for the Model U.N. this year, said at the outset of the convention that he did not anticipate any problems with the group and that he "wasn't aware of the problems at the Sheraton...
Members of the International Relations Council will meet with Park Plaza staff next week to discuss security problems but DeNatale, who has talked with hotel staff members about the convention, said he does not expect the Park Plaza to refuse future accommodations. "There were no more security problems than in any other conference," DeNatale said. He added Sheraton next year, it would be for purely economic reasons...