CIA DIRECTOR RABORN UNWORRIED; AL LEARNER'S NEXT MUSICAL

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2000
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• Publication Date: February 6, 1966
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CIA Director Raborn Unworried;
Al Lerner's Next Musical
BY BETTY BEALE'
CIA Director and Mrs. William RabornBut, once again, it was obvious that e keeps women m pans an prints, oesn ? a
wel'e~t-t E White' ou inner a'"ir i d elegant, historical atmosphere is simply not credit for putting them in pants, but says he
ailmira "'Ioo cd _."excgcdingly well considering. right for it - and more than one guest made' made "the first good pants."
the;ii~rrage. oE_ counuiists' criticism he has such an observation. i He also explains why it is we keep looking
been getting on his administration of the' NOT EVEN J. EDGAR HOOVER can get; in vain for Paris, Italian, or Spanish designers
government's sleuthing business. When he was' into the White ' House without identifying to come out with a line of clothes that really asked how he was holding up under these' himself. The long-time head of the FBI, whose fit the torso. It seems somewhat contradictory,
attacks, he grinned and dealt a lethal reply: , face is familiar to everybody in Washington but this is what Pucci says:
"My specialty is foreign intelligence. Ii and a good portion of the entire country, was: "Fitted clothes never show the shape of a
don't'read the domestic,tpapers."""" ? required to identify himself to the White House'' body. They show the shape of a girdle. Take a
ALLENhEItNEft,'h8''attractive one-time; guard at the south entrance by showing the, man's cashmere sweater and put a naked girl
roommate of Jack Kennedy, who keeps' dinner invitation with his name on it before he in it, and it would be too big but every mo-
turning out such hits as "My Fair Lady," could get in. tion and the shape of the body would be evi
"Camelot," "On a Clear Day," expressed: If the man who'has his finger..on every' dent. It would be. more ,naked and more
great admiration for Mrs. Lyndon Johnson criminal in the country has to be carefully I revealing than a bathing suit."
when she stepped up to the microphone in thel checked, certainly nobody else - however well, As for trends, he said the fashion pendu
East Room that night, to introduce the eve- known - should kick about producing creden-; lum swings from specific and extreme things
ning's entertainer, Tammy Grimes. tiais when visiting =1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. but there is a fashion that is more and more
"The warmth that exudes from Mrs. * * * * acceptable today and that is a practical fash
Johnson is such that you are just wrapped up! QUIET, PIPE-SMOKING Senate Leader ion adapted to our way of life.
in it like a cocoon. And she is so bright - in; Mike Mansfield came in for some high praise' To me, says this creator of style (h
the best way," he said. the other day. It was especially impressive, frowns on the word designer as anyone ca
d d s) "fashion is moving alway
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Chanel, the amazing septuagenarian who has'
reigned like ? a queen for decades over the
predominantly male fashion designers of
Paris. He got the idea five years ago when he
lunched with her in Paris every day for a
month. It won't be a musical on the haute
couture so much as the story of a remarkable
woman.
HUGH O'BRIAN, who is charming, hand-
some and pretty devastating to women, said
that on route to the White House party he
worked on his book that is coming out in the
spring. What timing?
It will fall in the hands of other men just
at the season when we poor unsuspecting
females are most susceptible to their wiles. A
handbook for scheming bachelors who have
been chalking up quite a record without it, it
will be called "The Firm Approach and the
Gentle Exit."
Hugh was just back from touring U.S. i
outposts in Viet Nam, where he found a mar-
velous spirit among our soldiers.
"There are no boys in Viet Nam, only'
men," said Hugh, who is all steamed up over.,,
his idea of -starting a village adoption system
in South Viet Nam by American towns. One of
our cities would take on the problem of supply-
ing necessities for one of theirs, helping mo-
rale in both places. It's a terrific idea, and
he was seeing the authorities at the State.
Department about it the next day.
Speaking of Tammy Grimes, this was the,
second time that White House Social Secretary
Bess Abell, who lines up talent for presiden-!
tial musicales, has tried out a night-club type.
singer in the palatially formal gold and white:
East Room. Seeking diversity in entertain
ment, and something light, since all people are:
not devoted to long-haired music, may be
commendable - especially for an all-Ameri=;
can political gathering which comprised the
White House guest list that night. - i
since It came from a very conservative mem-
wliere have the full aware
moen toward
her of the opposition. Republican Sen. John you
Tower of Texas said of the Majority Leader: , ness of the evidence of a body without seein,
"He is one of the most honorable men I the detail." The man who made the first sac:
have ever known.... I would never conscious-; 10 years ago says now, "of course, it wa
ly do anything to personally embarrass or hurt+ very primitive in a way."
Mike Mansfield." There have been only two revolutions i
The intelligent and articulate small-stat-i women's attire, claims the marchese. "Afte
ured Tower said he also regarded another World War I, Chanel took women out of cos
liberal Democrat as a friend. He was speaking tumes and put them in modern dress. An
of Minnesota's Sen. Eugene McCarthy,' who' after World War If, I effected a new revolu
was once described by Sen. Paul Douglas of I Lion. I put women in clothes intended for ope
Illinois as "The world's greatest master of the air activity - for the kind of life we liv
today."
undExplained John Tower, "I respect intellec-' So, girls, pants are here to stay.
tual honesty whether a man agrees or dis- * * * *
agrees with me." BEST DESCRIPTION of Washington las
The Texas senator was also in Viet Nam weekend came from an airline ticket man
recently. Just before Christmas he visited An I Chicago's O'Hare Airport. "Don't even spea
Khe in the central highlands and 'found our l to me about it," he told disgruntled passenger
soldiers, he said, not talking about shooting.' trying to get to the Nation's Capital. "Was
but about forming a Boy Scout' troop in the ington is-a national disaster."
area to help the Vietnamese youngsters. Be
was tremendously pleased and impressed
ANITA COLBY, who is so beautiful she's:
known as "the face" but has managed to keep.
her spinsterhood status, will send to the pub-
lisher this week her latest book. It will be
entitled "The Ageless Woman," and it will be,
says Anita, a book of substance that deals with
spiritual values as well as other facets of the
kind of woman that stays alive even as she
grows chronologically older.
As for Anita's opinion of "The Feminine
Mystique," the book about women that was a
top topic a couple of years ago, it was not one
"'The Feminine Mystique' was a feminine
mistake."
EMILIO PUCCI, the Italian marchese who
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