Word: reunion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Close to 450 "classmates" of the class of 1946 returned for their twenty-fifth reunion, beginning four days of discussions and partying which will end with the alumni exercises following Commencement Thursday afternoon...
...reunion is also expected to be the largest in Harvard history, with more than 2000 classmates and family members. The previous record of 1920 was set several years ago, with the turn-out sinking slowly ever since. Reunion chairman Wallace J. Flynn attributed the upsurge to "large family units and a hell of a lot of hard work...
...large family size may hurt the reunion committee's financial picture, as the fee for the week is $175 a family, regardless of the number in each. The reunion costs almost $300,000; reunion assistant Caroline Head said the committee tries to break even every year...
...larger sense, the class has pledged $500,000 to Harvard, which is why no one is particularly worried about a small reunion deficit...
...hastily convened conference at the White House. NATO Commander General Andrew Goodpaster and Robert Ellsworth, U.S. Ambassador to the Atlantic Alliance, arrived from Europe. Also on hand were George Ball and Dean Acheson, John J. McCloy and Henry Cabot Lodge, General Lucius Clay and General Alfred Gruenther-a reunion of the old U.S. foreign policy establishment. After the meeting, they presented a solid phalanx of support for the Administration. Snapped Acheson: "It is absolutely asinine to reduce forces unilaterally." Later in the week, even Lyndon Johnson weighed in with a stern warning against troop withdrawal...