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Show fTLj Creek y'3rc"c- I suppose the 64-Dollar Question Ques-tion confronting most Americans Ameri-cans of late is simply this: "Can the widowed wife of a martyred and beloved President Presi-dent of the United States find happiness, when married to a millionaii-e Greek transportation transporta-tion magnate, who is 23 years her senior?" Her sister, Princess Lee Rad-ziwell Rad-ziwell says she can. And, the Princess should know, since she is married to Prince Stanislaus Stan-islaus Radzuwill, a Polish Nobleman, No-bleman, whose assets were less than one-thousandth of those of Aristotle Anassis, Jackie Kennedy's Ken-nedy's new husband. Jackie's mother, Mrs. Hugh D. Auchinloss, who gave her daughter away at the Greek Orthodox Chapel marriage ceremony, cer-emony, said she was also positive posi-tive that the union would be a happy one. The ceremony was performed by a Greek Orthodox Ortho-dox bishop on the Isle of Skor-pios, Skor-pios, which is owned lock, stock and barrel by the elderly Grecian Grec-ian bridegroom. Well sir, this column wishes Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis all the happiness in the world. She has had her share of heartbreak heart-break and sorrow. Like one of many I have been wondering just how this is all going to shape up with the church, since Jackie has always al-ways been a devout Roman Catholic. And Roman Catholics are not permitted, under pain of excommunication, to marry divorced persons, of which Ar-istole Ar-istole is one. But perhaps, even ev-en that can be worked out. Money has a way of bridging deep chasms, even ecclesiastical ecclesiasti-cal ones. Another question has been raised relative to Jacqueline's marrying into more millions. Will she have to relinquish the many thousand dollar a year government pension granted to her as the widow of a deceased President of the United States.? Over the years I have come to know of quite a few widows of deceased American veterans who lost their pitifully small government pensions when they took on a second husband. Oh well, as the scriptures point out: "To him that hath shall be given. But to him that hath not, shall be taken away; even that which he hath." Question number four has to to with the U.S. Secret Servicemen, Ser-vicemen, who have been giving Jackie Kennedy and her children child-ren round the clock protection ever since President Kennedy was assassinated. Will this service ser-vice be continued at American taxpayers' expense? In that connection, it seems highly possible that Aristotle is affluent enough to hire a squad of men to provide the needed protection, as long as the marriage holds up, that is. Anyway, corning at the time it did, the Jackie-Aristotle affair af-fair has helped us all dodge the mud being thrown during the current political campaign. Also, to take our minds momentarily mo-mentarily away from inflation, Vietnam and Liquor by the Drink. So long 'til Thursday. |