Word: waldorf
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...when he flew up to Manhattan the day before the Pope's visit, to sign the new immigration bill in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty. Next afternoon, after Pope and President had conferred privately for 46 minutes in a 35th floor suite at the Waldorf Towers, the two leaders faced the TV cameras; again, L.B.J. seemed fit and-for him-relaxed...
...spectators were expected, store windows were boarded up to prevent breakage. All week bomb experts sifted through every nook and cranny of the places that Pope Paul would enter: the U.N. building, St. Patrick's Cathedral; Yankee Stadium, where he would celebrate a Mass of Peace; the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he would meet with President Johnson; the Vatican Pavilion at the World's Fair. A heavy guard including cops and priests was set up at key points a full day before his appearance...
...recognize diplomatically. After the announcement of the Pope's trip, the White House revealed that L.B.J. had a "previously scheduled" engagement to dine with U.N. Ambassador Arthur Goldberg on Oct. 3. Presumably, Johnson will stay overnight, meet the Pope either at Goldberg's suite in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel or at the residence of Francis Cardinal Spellman. Among their possible topics of conversation: establishing diplomatic relations...
...calm prominence of the court for the turmoil and uncertainty of the United Nations.* Among other things, Goldberg's move entails a salary cut-from $39,000 on the court to $30,000 as ambassador-although the U.N. post carries such perquisites as an embassy apartment in the Waldorf Towers ($33,000 annual rent), a limousine and a big expense account...
...corner of Manhattan's Shepheard's discothèque, on the dance floor of the Waldorf ballroom, gradually more in public view, New York City's Widower Mayor Robert Wagner, 55, had been squiring his deputy's sister, blonde, socially registered Barbara Cavanagh, 36. Last May, in declaring himself out of the running for reelection, the mayor added pointedly: "I have some obligations to myself too." Now it's official: Barbara and Bob will be married by Francis Cardinal Spellman on July 26 in a private chapel in the cardinal's residence. Barbara, some...