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...Pope had set foot in the Western Hemisphere. The cardinal had grown feeble in recent years, but he kept up his round of appearances at dinners and parades. It was appropriate that just a few hours before he died he had stopped in at two dinners at the Waldorf-Astoria, including one to raise funds for Spanish Harlem...
...band at the Waldorf-Astoria...
Blood & Money. The heaviest support came, naturally, from the 5,720,000 American Jews. At a luncheon meeting in New York's Waldorf-Astoria on the day the fighting started, $1,000,000 a minute was pledged during one quarter-hour. That night in Chicago, another $2.5 million was raised. Next night in Atlanta, $1.1 million more was forthcoming. The pace was so fast that officials often had no idea how much they had collected. In New York, where the United Jewish Appeal set up an Israel Emergency Fund, Executive Vice President Herbert Friedman jotted down a flood...
Last week he surprised New York showfolk by hosting a post-premiere party after Singers Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme opened at the Waldorf-Astoria. He was as ill at ease as he is cool on the air, and his eyes twitched noticeably before he and Joanne finally called it a night, long before many of his guests had left...
...luncheon was held early last week (four days before the speech to Congress) at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria -a hotel Westmoreland had last visited in January 1964, when he called on "my friend, General Douglas MacArthur," for some advice just before leaving for Saigon. MacArthur told him: "This new assignment carries with it great opportunities, but it is also fraught with hazards...