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Show THE PEOPLE WHO MADE We disapproved of some; 1964 nit Vidbi JACQUELINE KENNEDY: She had resolved "to Jive in the places I Jived with Jack Georgetown, and with the Kennedys at the Cape." Jacqueline Kennedy, widow of the assassinated President, observed" her year of mourning with the dignity and grace that have made her, according to one poll, "the most admired woman in the worlds But, as many widows have learned, it. is impossible to live in peace with, the tragic past. "I am a living scar," she told friends. First she sold Wexford, the Virginia home she and her husband had planned as a retreat. She moved to Washington's Georgetown section where they once had lived, but curious crowds ("AH people ask is: 'which way to the White House and Jackie's home?'" a tourist guide said) made her sell that, too. She next" moved to the relative anonymity of Manhattan. She spent much of last summer at the Kennedy compound at Hyan-nispo- rt but again memories the JFK used to drive the children around in," the toy boat, "PT 109" were , haunting, so Jackie rented a Long Island home for the 1965 summer. Her period of mourning ended, Jackie now sought to live in the places that would heal, not open, the living scar. go-ca- rt THE BEATLES: "A plague has swept the land, but we have been left whole" was the way one writer reviewed the first invasion of the ll Beatles, England's mop-hairsensation. Like most, - the writer felt the idols were a fad which would pass among teen-ageas quickly as it arrived. How wrong he was! ' The Beatles returned in August, stronger than ever. Motel owners rock-'n'-ro- ed rs 0) - r- hiAtfTF) hi - 1936 and the only swimmer to amass such a collection. Schollander typified the men and team young women rouF64 (18), self disciplined, and dedicated (five. hours of swimming every day for the past eight years). They -- erased the bitter memory of our and 1956 team which failed acted up ending up behind the Russians 103-7- 1 in total med- This time Schollander and asf als. sociates won in total points and number of gold medals. -- ' But, as Don carried the Stars , and Stripes in closing ceremonies in Tokyo, there was one dissatisfied voice. "Why didn't they let him try to win five gold medals?'.' asked his mother, who wore his trophies like a necklace. , on-fie- ld off-fiel- DON SC HOLLANDER: . What does an Olympic swimmer feel in a race? "Pain." And what does he think about? "Winning." The answers came from Don Schollander, who suffered pain but' won big for the greatest U. ,S. A. Olympic team since 1952. The Lake Oswego, Ore., youth won four gold medals, the first American to do so since track star Jesse Owens in Family Weekly, December 27, 1961 d, f Vt7 J and sons campaigned for the Republican candidate, and, even more spectacularly, so did Lady Bird, Lynda Bird, and Lucy Baines for Lyndon Johnson, the Democratic candidate. Lynda and Lucy hosted Texas barbecues beneath Manhattan's skyscrapers. Lady Bird chanced a ride down the turbulent Snake River in a raft, a smooth ride compared to her train tour, during whidh she occasionally was heckled. ("Ire- spect your right to express your viewpoints," she replied. "Now it's my turn to express mine.") Experts acknowledged that she drew crowds almost as large as LBTs but felt many were just "curiosity seekers." When the votes for President were tabulated, though, it was evident that the barbecues were high on the hog, and Lady Bird's campaign train had turned into a bandwagon. found their doors denuded of knobs because adolescent girls believed "the Beatles had touched them." An attendant found himself driving an ambulance through seething streets and hidden in -t-heZLbackl were the Beatles. "If those kids had caught them, they'd really have needed an ambulance," he said. Some fans did require medical aid --one burst blood vesselsJinher neck, she screamed so hard ; another fell and was used as a vantage point fellow fans. by spike-heele- d Some people profited, such as the entrepreneur who bought sheets from the Beatles' hotel beds and sold them at $1 per square inch ! How did the Beatles take ' to America? "Cahn't say," Ringo admitted. "Didn't see iriuch. Luv-e- d the money, though." He was referthe $2,112,000 the Beatles ring took home with them. THE JOHNSON WOMEN: Eleanor Roosevelt considered it "bad - taste"- to electioneer for -- her hus- bano!, but that seemed oddly in 1964. Mrs. Barry old-fashion- ed Gold-wat- er . Hi htm w La ROBERT MOSES: "Professional mudslingers with their excited, maggoty brains . . .the rattlesnake element of the press." These phrases issued from a kindly looking gentleman named Robert Moses who, between outbursts, was building 1964's out- standing tourist attraction, the New York World's Fair. He was upset because people suggested there might be better ways of doing the job including more amusementsf for instance, and competitive bidding for certain services. Since 1924 Moses has been New York's master builder and suggestion ignorer, and for the most part the Fair he turned out was a masterpiece. Yet it; had problems : exhibitors complained of high service costs and attendance reached 23.7 million, not the expected 40 million. Who was to blame? Moses said it was the press,' those "snapping, buzzing, biting and stinging critics hoot owls (who) befoul everything." He vowed to return in 1965 with an even better Fair rand, doubtless, a word or two- .- ... |
