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...Accompanied Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret to Constitution Hall for a concert by the Don Cossack Chorus (whose members had been carefully investigated by the Secret Service and duly pronounced White Russians). The President slipped out before the intermission, went to the Statler Hotel to address a savings bond rally. As he left for the concert again he said: "I've got to escort them [Mrs. Truman and Margaret] home. What I mean is, I have to escort them to the White House. There's a decided distinction and a difference...
...spirit was high at the start, as wit Victor Borge dashed in from shows at the Copley and Statler to regale the Freshmen with some of his stock Danish patter and piano playing. Much amused by flying programs, flashing cameras, and beer-serving waiters, Borge supplied the only hush of the opening act when he performed novelty arrangements of the Blue Danube and Polonaise...
...Washington, Big Jim seemed staggered, though not overcome, by the news. While registering at the Statler Hotel, he gazed at a female employee, said, "My, but you're mighty pretty, miss," but did not attempt to kiss her. He blamed the paternity suit on "politics." Next day, he got into his car and vanished...
...scientists had their heads in the clouds, but their feet were in bobbysocks and sneakers. They came from high schools all over the U.S. For five days in Washington, D.C., last week, they devoured lectures on molecules and atoms and cyclotrons. And every night, over bedtime milkshakes at the Statler Hotel, they held long bull sessions on genetics, Geiger counters, and oscilloscopes...
...Statler's salons, they unpacked their special exhibits for the judges' inspection. One "young scientist had an ant hill; another brought a tesseract ("This is a three-dimensional representation," he explained, "of what a fourth-dimensional thing would look like, if there were a fourth dimension...