Word: ribicoffs
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...more sanitary."). Though his hotels pride themselves on the original works of art they hang in lobbies and guest rooms (the New York Hilton has 8,500 specially commissioned works), one of the least appreciative viewers is Conrad Hilton. "He wouldn't know a Rubens from a Ribicoff," says an aide. The decor of Casa Encantada gives the total effect of the main lounge of the Queen Mary...
...Federal financing of "shared time," the compromise that allows parochial school pupils to use public school facilities (science labs, for example) on a part-time basis. This is already used locally in many areas, such as Pittsburgh, but Ribicoff is the first to suggest broad-scale federal financing...
Congress already has before it about 100 versions of Ribicoff's college-tuition relief plan, which would clearly aid middle-income families because they get less of the scholarship pie than poorer parents. Such tax relief, however, would leave colleges in a quandary. Those that depend heavily on tuition, particularly Catholic colleges, would be tempted to raise tuition, leaving parents where they were...
...Ribicoff's effort nonetheless got some warm response. Andover's Headmaster John M. Kemper, whose own rich school would hardly benefit, supported Ribicoff because "the problem is to get all the kids well taught regardless of the type of school." The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, which runs the nation's second-biggest parochial school system, noted that it already supports tax deductions for part of the tuition at church-supported schools...
Catholics differed widely. Los Angeles' Cardinal Mclntyre chided Ribicoff for bypassing equal aid to parochial schools. But the church's chief Washington education lobbyist, Msgr. Frederick G. Hochwalt, called Ribicoff's idea "quite intriguing." said that "a fairly large segment" of Catholic parents "are interested in something along these lines...