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...fourth honorary doctorate in ten days (the others were from Arizona State University, Hamilton College, Brigham Young University). He debated on television with New York's liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits, was a great hit at a glittery Washington debut party for the daughter of former State Department Protocol Chief Wiley Buchanan. And he gave a typical two-fisted, newsmaking speech to the editors of United Press International...
...Nothing of substance will be accomplished in this protocol visit to General de Gaulle." said New York Post Paris Correspondent Joseph Barry. But Barry found a bitter solace in his gloom: "It had to be done, and if it's worth doing at all, as G. K. Chesterton once put it, it's worth doing badly. Since nothing will be achieved, it's as well there will be no illusions at the start...
...bloom was off the groom, Britain's royalty-revering public made it plain that it was watching ex-Playboy Tony with a tolerant but suspicious eye, intent on making sure he did right by their Meg. Trouble was, there was little publicly that he could do. Royal protocol made working for a living unthinkable, and Tony had no wealth of his own, so Parliament upped his wife's allowance from $16,800 to $42,000, and Tony had to move into one of his in-laws' houses on the grounds of Kensington Palace. The butler promptly quit...
Seeking solutions, White House officials have held several meetings to discuss the problem. And the State Department's protocol division has set up a new "special projects" section, which works with the Washington Real Estate Board in helping Africans secure housing, also provides them with tips on friendly stores, restaurants, barbershops, etc. Dark-skinned diplomats who plan trips outside Washington are advised of courteous hotels and eating places along their route. One diplomat, visiting Florida last week, put in a distress call to the Special Projects Section, promptly found his restaurant problems solved and an invitation awaiting him from...
...protocol status, Walter Heller, 45, ranks way down the list of Kennedy appointments, but in potential influence on the course of Administration policies, and on the Administration's success or failure in living up to its promises, he ranks close to the top. The chairman of the CEA wields no policymaking powers. His authority extends no further than the drab CEA offices on the third floor of Washington's ornately ugly Executive Office Building. But he has the ear of the President of the U.S. on public issues as momentous as any the nation is likely to face...