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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 13, folder 3/29/75-4/8/75 - West Coast (2)\"\nof the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nDigitized from Box 13 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nWELCOME TO PALM SPRINGS\nSTAFF OFFICE\nThe Staff Office is located in a house at 71280 Mashie Drive, about 3\nminutes from the Thunderbird Country Club.\nThe office is equipped with two IBM typewriters, a XEROX 4500,\nand a DEX machine. Three White House telephones are installed\nin the house.\nWHCA\nThe White House Communications Agency is located in the Venture\nInn off Highway #111, Rancho Mirage.\nPRESS\nThe International Hotel, 1800 E. Palm Canyon Drive (Highway #111)\nis the Press Headquarters.\nTRANSPORTATION\nA limited number of cars are available between the hours of 7 am\nto 10 pm. Because of the small number of cars available, judicious\nuse is recommended.\nSeveral U Drive It cars are available after 7 pm daily. These cars\nmust be returned prior to 6 am the following morning.\nThe Dispatch Office is located in the Venture Inn and it can be reached\nthrough the White House Switchboard.\nRESTAURANTS\nThere are many fine restaurants in the Palm Springs area. Some of\nthe more popular are:\nDon the Beachcomber, The Polynesian Experience --\n1101 N. Palm Canyon Drive. 325-2061. Reservation required.\nExpensive.\n-2-\nPal Joey -- The \"in\" spot for celebrities and movie stars.\nExpensive. Early afternoon reservations required. 325-7444.\nAfter 10:00 pm, the main room turns into a Discoteque.\nMexican Food\nGene Autry Hotel.\n4200 E. Palm Canyon\n328-1171\nLas Casuelas Nueva\n70050 Highway #111\n328-8844\nSunshine Meat, Fish & Liquor Co. -- Great salad, good food at\nreasonable prices. Rustic atmosphere. 346-5641.\n73986 Highway #111.\nCask & Cleaver -- Featuring Eastern corn-fed Black Angus\nBeef. Highway #111 and\nDesert Air Hotel. -- Old family recipe chicken and dumplings.\n42078 Bob Hope Drive. 346-3234.\nThe Nest -- Italian food with a better than average sauce.\nClosed Monday. 75188 Highway #111, Indian Wells.\nPOINTS OF INTEREST\nPalm Springs Aerial Tranway -- A 14 minute cable car ride to the\ntop of San Jacinta. 10:00 am to 9:00 pm daily. Last car up the\nmountain at 7:30 pm. Cost is $3.75. Location -- Tramway Drive\nand Chino Canyon off Highway #111 (North). 325-1391.\nDesert Museum -- Natural history of the desert, fine arts, primitive\nart. Hours 10 am to 5 pm. Location; Tahquitz and McCallum Way.\n325-2045.\nTENNIS\nGuest privileges have been arranged at the following clubs:\nThunderbird Country Club - Call Leoncio Collas for\nreservations at 328-2161. $5.00 per day.\nEl Dorado Country Club -- Call Myrna McCormack for\nreservations at 346-8081, ext. 211 or 215. $5.00 per hour.\n-3-\nRaquet Club -- 2743 North Indian Avenue, Palm Springs.\nCall Mr. Bill Davis or Julie Copeland at 325-1281, for\nreservations. The club is extremely crowded and\nreservations should be made as far in advance as possible. $10 per\nday.\nTennis Club -- 710 West Baristo Road, Palm Springs.\nCall Marge Kolitase at 325-1441 for reservations.\nWhites are required. You will be billed.\nTHUNDERBIRD COUNTRY CLUB\nGuest privileges have been arranged for the staff:\nBREAKFAST\n7:30 am to 11:00 am\nGRILL ROOM of the Club House.\n(Casual Dress)\nLUNCHEON\n11:30 am to 3:00 pm\nGRILL ROOM of the Club House\nLunch Buffet (Except Mondays)\n11:00 am to 3:00 pm\nSpecials served.\n3:00 pm to 6:00 pm\nSandwiches, salads, etc.\n(Causal dress)\nDINNER\n6:00 pm to 9:30 pm\nDINING ROOM OR GRILL ROOM\n(reservations preferred)\n(Coat and Tie required for men;\nlong dress, cocktail dress or nice\npants suit for women)\nKitchen closes 3:00 pm on Monday\nBar closed 4:00 pm on Monday\nROOM SERVICE\n7:30 am to 8:30 pm\n(Service ends at 4:00 pm\non Monday)\nNote: a 15% tip is added to your bill for food and beverage.\nLAUNDRY & VALET\nClothing received by 10:00 am will be returned same\nday by 5:00 pm. Clothing received before 9:00 am on\nFriday will be returned Friday at 4:30 pm or Saturday\nmorning before noon.\nCHECK CASHING\nArrangements have been made to cash personal checks\nup to $100. Ask for Barbara Cook in the Clubhouse Office.\nGOLFING\nGuest privileges have been arranged at the Thunderbird Country\nClub. A guest card is attached. A Green Fee of $30.00 will be\nbilled to your account.\nIf you desire guest privileges at another Country Club, please contact\nthe Staff Office.\nPROPOSED PRESS ARRANGEMENTS\nTHE PRESIDENT'S\nTRIP TO\nCALIFORNIA\nFRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1975\nBaggage may be dropped in Room 87 until\n6:00 p.m.\nDAY 1\nSATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1975\n7:00\na.m.\nPress with baggage check into Andrews.\n7:30\na. m.\nPress without baggage check into Andrews\n8:00\na. m.\nPress Plane departs Andrews\n9:00\na.m.\nAir Force One departs Andrews\n10:30 a.m.\nPress Plane arrives Meadows Field, Bakersfield,\nCalifornia.\nPress Facilities:\nPress Platform\n10 long distance telephones\n11:15 a.m.\nAir Force One arrives Meadows Field, Bakersfield,\nCalifornia.\nCROWD SITUATION\nOPEN COVERAGE\nNOTE: Current plans are to raise a crowd at the\nBakersfield Airport. This will be the only public\nappearance of the President in California and, therefore,\nthe entire Press Corps should remain at the airport to\ncover the event. This will necessitate using choppers\nto transport the Press Corps to Elk Hills.\n-\n11:30 a.m.\nArmy One departs Meadows Airport\nPress choppers follow.\n11:50 a.m.\nArmy One arrives Elk Hills.\nNOTE: The President will tour and be briefed at: a\ndrilling rig, an oil production site, a gas processor site,\nand a tank farm.\n12:45 p.m.\nArmy One departs Elk Hills.\nPress choppers follow.\n1:05\np.m.\nArmy One arrives Meadow Field\nPress remain to file.\n1:10\np.m.\nAir Force One departs enroute Palm Springs\nAir Force One pool follows.\n1:55\np.m.\nAir Force One arrives Palm Springs.\nCL OSED ARRIVAL\nOPEN COVERAGE\n2:05\np.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n2:20\np.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence\nAir Force One Pool remains in motorcade.\n2:45\np.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAir Force One pool follows.\n3:05\np.m.\nThe President begins his golf game.\nPRESS POOL COVERAGE\n(1st tee, 9th green, 10th tee, 18th green)\nNOTE: Air Force One Pool may file and remain in the clubhouse.\nAir Force One Pool will return to the Press Center\n-3-\n6:30\np.m.\nAfternoon Pool will arrive at the golf course.\n7:05\np.m.\nMotorcade departs\nPool follows.\n7:20\np.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAfternoon Pool returns to the Press Center\nLID\nIt appears that the Press Corps will number between 65-75. Families will\nbe in addition.\nBecause of the crowd at Bakersfield, I think we want to cover that event which\nmeans we will have to chopper to Elk Hills.\nElk Hills has no phones and there is no chance of bringing any in. The Press\nwill, therefore, have to file on return to the Bakersfield airport. We will go\nwith 20 lds and 2 telex.\nChoppers (H-53's) will come out of El Toro. Ferry time is one hour each way\nand 1/2 hour total for the event -- a total of 2 1/2 hours at a cost of $4, 725. 00\nper chopper. They seat 33.\nA decision must be made whether we want to post a sign up sheet to limit the\nnumber of Press so we will only use two choppers. Because of the short flight\ntime (20 minutes) it will be difficult to pass more than the two press choppers\nin flight. There is also a problem on landing more than two choppers. A\nthird press chopper is possible but difficult.\nSuggested Press staff on Chopper is 9:\nHushen\nUSSS\nRosenberger\nWH Photographer\nNoel\nWH Film Camera\nZook\nWH Film Sound\nWHCA\nThere is a remote possibility that Press staff could ride on the regular staff\nchopper. This should not be considered because last minute changes will\nbump the Press staff.\n-4-\nThere will be a total of 60 chopper seats on the two Press choppers. If\nthe staff takes 9, this leaves 57 seats for the Press.\nThe USSS will seal off Elk Hills during the visit. Local Press will, therefore,\nbe able to gain access only through special arrangement. Should local press\nbe given 5-6 seats on our chopper or be told to pre-position at Elk Hills,\ndriving time from the Bakersfield airport is one hour.\nElk Hills numbers:\nWH Press\n65-75\nWH Press Staff\n9\nLocal Press\n6\nTotal Chopper Seats 66\nQuestions:\nDo we want a third chopper for $4,725.00? No\nDo we limit the Press going to Elk Hills? yes\nHow important is it for all the Press to be at the Bakersfield airport for Very\nthe arrival of Air Force One?\nThe networks will have to provide a chopper to carry film out of Elk Hills.\nIt will be in the air by 1:00 p.m. PST which will make the evening news. ye,\nWhat should be done with families on the plane in Bakersfield during the\ntwo hour visit?\nR.\nBERALD\nLIBRARY FORD\n-5-\nDAY 2 (EASTER SUNDAY)\nSUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1975\n9:45 a.m.\nMorning Pool departs Press Center for residence.\n10:45 a.m.\nMotorcade - GF & BF enroute church.\n*\nMotorcade\npool to cheach\nPool follows.\n& then to\nChurch-\n10:55 a.m.\nMotorcade arrives church.\n11:00 a.m.\nService begins.\n11:45 a.m.\nService concludes.\n11:55 a.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nPool follows.\nX\nNOTE: Reporters will be given access to the church.\nCameras and sound equipment will remain outside.\n12:05 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nNOTE: The afternoon pool will arrive at the church.\nThe morning pool will depart for the Press Center.\n12:45 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAfternoon pool follows.\n1:15 p.m.\nGolf begins.\nGOLF COVERAGE\n6:05 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nPool follows.\n6:20 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAfternoon pool returns to Press Center.\nLID\nGERALD R. FORD\nLIBRARY\n-6-\nDAY 3\nMONDAY, MARCH 31, 1975\n8:45 a.m.\nMorning Pool departs Press Center.\n9:45 a.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nMorning pool follows.\n9:55 a.m.\nMotorcade arrives.\n10:10 a.m.\nGolf begins.\nGOLF COVERAGE\n12:00 noon\nAfternoon golf pool arrives\nMorning golf pool departs.\n4:35 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAfternoon pool follows.\n4:45 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives\nAfternoon pool departs for Press Center.\nLID\n-7-\nDAY 4\nTUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1975\n7:30 a.m.\nMorning pool departs Press Center.\n8:20 a. m.\nMotorcade departs residence.\nMorning pool follows.\n8:40 a.m.\nMotorcade arrives.\n9:00 a. m.\nGolf begins.\nGOLF COVERAGE\n12:00 noon\nAfternoon pool arrives\nMorning pool departs.\n1:50 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAfternoon pool follows.\n2:00 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAfternoon pool returns to Press Center.\nLID\n-8-\nDAY 5\nWEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1975\n8:40 a.m.\nMorning pool departs Press Center.\n9:40 a.m.\nMotorcade departs residence.\nMorning pool follows.\n10:15 a.m.\nGolf begins.\nGOLF COVERAGE\n12:00 noon.\nAfternoon pool arrives.\nMorning pool departs.\n3:05 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAfternoon pool follows.\n3:20 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAfternoon pool returns to Press Center.\nLID\nNOTE: Mrs. Ford will be in Los Angeles making a\npublic appearance on Wednesday, April 2, 1975\n-9-\nDAY 6\nTHURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1975\n6:15 a.m.\nPress buses depart Press Center\n6:30 a.m.\nAir Force One Pool departs Press Center enroute residence.\n6:50 a.m.\nPress Plane departs Palm Springs\n7:15 am.\nMotorcade departs\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n7:20 a.m.\nPress Plane arrives Lindbergh Field, San Diego.\nPress Facilities:\n6 long distance telephones\n7:35 a.m.\nAir Force One departs Palm Springs.\n8:05 a.m.\nAir Force One arrives San Diego.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nCLOSED ARRIVAL\n8:10 a.m.\nMotorcade departs\nTravel Pool and Press follow.\n8:25 a.m.\nMotorcade arrives Westgate Plaza Hotel.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nPress proceed to Press Center.\nNOTE: Press Center is located in the Copper Room,\nRoom 227 and 228 of the San Diego Convention and\nPerforming Arts Center, adjacent to the Press Conference\nsite and across the street from the Westgate Plaza Hotel.\nPress Facilities:\n20 long distance telephones\n3 telex\n1 mult\n-10-\n8:30 a.m.\nMedia breakfast begins.\nNO COVERAGE\n10:05 a.m.\nPresident arrives suite\n11:30 a.m.\nPool departs Press Center enroute Westgate Plaza Hotel.\n11:45 a.m.\nThe President departs Hotel enroute Press Conference.\nHe will walk across the street and a crowd is expected.\n12:01 p.m.\nPress Conference begins.\n12:35 p.m.\nPress Conference concludes.\nThe President returns to the Westgate Plaza Hotel.\nPool follows.\n12:45 p.m.\nThe President greets Governors.\n1:25 p.m.\nLuncheon is served\nPRESS POOL COVERAGE\nPool returns to Press Center.\n3:35 p.m.\nThe President arrives suite.\n4:00 p.m.\nPress buses depart Press Center enroute El Cortez Hotel\nConvention Center.\n4:15 p.m.\nPool departs Press Center to board motorcade.\n4:35 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nPool follows.\n4:40 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives El Cortez Hotel Convention Center, site of\nthe White House Conference.\n5:00 p.m.\nAnnouncement\n5:30 p.m.\nMotorcade departs enroute U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego.\nPool follows.\nPress buses depart enroute Press Center.\n-11-\n5:45 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives.\nPresident enters Mess Hall and joins enlisted recruits for dinner.\nPRESS POOL COVERAGE\n7:00 p.m.\nMotorcade departs enroute Westgate Plaza Hotel.\nPool follows.\n7:15 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives Hotel.\nPRESS POOL COVERAGE\nThe President will greet GOP guests in his suite.\nNO COVERAGE\n8:10 p.m.\nMotorcade departs Hotel.\nPool follows.\nPress buses follow.\nNOTE: There is a possibility the President will drop by a\nMexican-American event enroute the airport. If so, the\npool should cover it and the buses would not be in the\nmotorcade.\n8:25 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives Lindbergh Field\n8:30 p.m.\nAir Force One departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n8:35 p.m.\nPress Plane departs.\n9:00 p.m.\nAir Force One arrives Palm Springs.\nMotorcade departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n9:05 p.m.\nPress Plane arrives\nPress buses depart for Press Center\n9:20 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAir Force One Pool departs enroute Press Center.\nLID\n-12-\nDAY 7\nFRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1975\n10:00 a.m.\nPress buses depart Press Center enroute Palm Springs\nAirport.\n10:20 a.m.\nAir Force One Pool departs Press Center.\n10:55 a.m.\nPress Plane departs Palm Springs.\n11:20 a.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n11:40 a.m.\nAir Force One departs Palm Springs enroute Hamilton Air\nForce Base, Marin County, California.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n12:00 noon\nPress Plane arrives.\nPress Facilities:\n10 long distance telephones\n12:45 p.m.\nAir Force One arrives.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nCLOSED ARRIVAL\n12:55 p.m.\nArmy One departs enroute the Geysers\nPress Pool choppers follow.\nNOTE: Press buses proceed to the St. Francis Hotel\nPress Center in the Elizabethean Rooms A & B.\nPress Facilities:\n20 long distance telephones\n3 telex\n1 mult\n-13-\n1:30 p.m.\nArmy One arrives the Geysers.\nThe President will visit a geothermal drilling site, a geothermal\npump station and a geothermal power station. The President\nwill travel from one site to another via motorcade.\n2:55 p.m.\nArmy One departs the Geysers.\nPress Pool choppers follow.\n3:40 p.m.\nArmy One arrives U.S. Naval Station, Treasure Island.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nCLOSED ARRIVAL\n3:50 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nPRESS POOL FOLLOWS.\n4:00 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives St. Francis Hotel.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nPress Pool proceeds to Press Center\nGOP Guests will meet with the President in his Suite.\n6:40 p.m.\nPresident departs suite enroute Bay Area Council general\nreception and the head table reception.\n7:40 p.m.\nAnnouncement.\n9:20 p.m.\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS.\n9:55 p.m.\nMotorcade departs enroute Hamilton Air Force Base.\nPress Pool follows.\n10:35 p.m.\nAir Force One departs.\n:\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n11:00 p.m.\nPress buses depart St. Francis Hotel.\n11:35 p.m.\nAir Force One arrives Palm Springs.\n-14-\n11:40 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n11:45 p.m.\nPress Plane departs.\n11:55 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAir Force One Pool departs enroute Press Center.\n12:45 a.m.\nPress Plane arrives Palm Springs.\nPress buses depart enroute Press Center.\nLID\n-14a-\nTHE GEYSERS\nThe geysers are located in a perfectly lovely mountain-valley setting that\nis inaccessible by road. The California Highway Department has closed all\nroads leading to the geysers due to rock and mud slides.\nThe Press must, therefore, be moved by choppers.\nThere are no available phone lines, no food, no bathrooms, the weather is\ncold, the roads are narrow, steep, bumpy and quite primitive. There are no\nchopper pads -- a low pasture will have to be used and it is small. There is\nno substance -- just a picture show.\nThe current schedule calls for an 11:20 a.m. departure from the Palm Springs\nresidence. This will mean the 2:55 (5:55 p.m. EDT) departure of the President\nwill be too late for the event to make the evening news.\nTo make the evening news, the President would have to leave Palm Springs\nresidence at 8:50 a.m. which would mean a 12:25 (3:25p.m EDT) departure\nfrom the geysers. The President would then have 2 1/2 hours of extra staff\ntime in San Francisco.\nShould we try for the evening news or not?\nAvailable choppers: H-53's from El Toro which seat 33 each.\nCost: 3 hour ferry time\n1 1/2 hour mission time\n71/2 hour total hours @ cost of $14,075 each.\nH-H-3's from the USAF which seat 18 are also available. We have one now\nand with some pressure can probably get a second one.\nCost: 3/4 hour ferry time\n1 1/2 hour mission time\n3 hour total @ cost of $2, 835 each.\nThis will have to be a pool movement. One chopper will handle our minimum\nsize pool of 18.\nSuggested Staff:\nHushen\nWHCA\nRosenberger\nWH Still\nNoel\nWH Film Camera\nUSSS\nWH Film Sound\nFORD LIBRARY\n-15-\nDAY 8\nSATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1975\n9:30 a.m.\nMorning Pool departs Press Center.\n10:30 a.m.\nMotorcade departs residence.\nMorning Pool follows.\n10:45 a.m.\nMotorcade arrives La Quinta Country Club.\n11:00 a.m.\nGolf begins.\nGOLF COVERAGE\n12:00 noon\nAfternoon pool arrives.\nMorning pool departs.\n3:50 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAfternoon pool follows.\n4:05 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives.\nAfternoon pool returns to Press Center.\nLID\nA\nSALD\nFORD\nEIGRARY\n-16-\nDAY 9\nSUNDAY, APRIL 6, 1975\n7:00 a.m.\nMorning Pool departs Press Center.\n8:00 a.m.\nMotorcade departs residence\n8:30 a.m.\nGolf begins.\nGOLF COVERAGE\n11:00 a.m.\nAfternoon Pool arrives.\nMorning Pool departs.\n1:20 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAfternoon pool follows.\n1:35 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives residence.\nAfternoon pool returns to Press Center.\nLID\nSEAL FORD LIBRARY\n-17-\nDAY 10\nMONDAY, APRIL 7, 1975\n9:20 a.m.\nPress buses depart Press Center.\n9:40 a.m.\nAir Force One Pool departs Press Center.\n10:20 a.m.\nPress Plane departs Palm Springs.\n10:45 a.m.\nMotorcade (GF & BF) departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n11:00 a.m.\nPress Plane arrives McCarron Field, Las Vegas.\nPress Facilities:\n10 long distance telephones\nNOTE: One Press bus proceeds to Las Vegas Hilton.\nPress Center located in Conference Rooms 1,2,3,4,5,\nand 6, adjacent to the main ballroom.\nPress Facilities:\n20 long distance telephones\n3 telex\n1 mult\n11:05 a.m.\nAir Force One departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n11:45 a.m.\nAir Force One arrives Las Vegas.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nCLOSED ARRIVAL\n11:50 a.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\nOne Press bus follows.\nLIBRACY BERALE FORD\n-18-\n12:05 p.m.\nMotorcade arrives Las Vegas Hilton.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nThe President and Mrs. Ford attend NAB Reception.\n12:30 p.m.\nAnnouncement\n1:35 p.m.\nPRESIDENTIAL REMARKS.\n2:05 p.m.\nMotorcade departs.\nPool follows.\n2:25 p.m.\nAir Force One departs.\nAir Force One Pool follows.\n3:00 p.m.\nPress buses depart Las Vegas Hilton.\n3:30 p.m.\nPress Plane departs.\n9:15 p.m.\nAir Force One arrives Andrews Air Force Base.\n10:20 p.m.\nPress Plane arrives Andrews Air Force Base.\nBERMO R. FORD\n-19-\nQUESTIONS ON PALM SPRINGS\n1. Type of coverage on the golf course.\n2. How to handle the locals at the golf course\n3. Timing of substance:\nSaturday, March 29\nBakersfield & Elk Hills\nSunday, March 30\nEaster Church\nMonday, March 31\nTuesday, April 1\nWednesday, April 2\n(Mrs. Ford in L.A.)\nThursday, April 3\nSan Diego\nFriday, April 4\nGeysers & San Francisco\nSaturday, April 5\nSunday, April 6\nMonday, April 7\nLas Vegas\nDEPARTMENT R. FORD LIBRARY\nSTAFF ROOM LIST\nWhite House Staff\nThunderbird Country Club\nAlan Greenspan\n#7 South\nDr. Lukash\n#1 C\nKightlinger/Kennerly #5 West\nVenture Inn\nAsst. Sec. Bowers\n#134\nMilton Friedman\n#118\nDan Slane\n#121\nNell Yates\n#130\nLee Goodell\n#108\nKathy Wooten\n#120\nStaff House\nTerry O'Donnell\nRed Cavaney\nEva Brentley\nJeannie Quinlan\nResidences\nMr. and Mrs. Robert Hartmann\n40-365 Sand Dune Road\nDonald Rumsfeld\nDick Cheney\n70-662 Placerville Road\nWhite House Communications Agency\nVenture Inn\nGen. Larry Adams\n#106\nLtCol Don Ogden\n#212\n-2-\nMilitary Office\nVenture Inn\nLtCol Blake\n#122\nHerb Oldenberg\nNorm Stahl\n#117\nEddie Serrano\n#114\nLeroy Borden\n#136\nGene Autry Hotel\nBill Gulley\n#273\nPress Office\nInternational Hotel\nRon Nessen\n#331-320\nJack Hushen\n#232\nLarry Speakes\n#309\nJohn Carlson\n#308\nShelia Weidenfeld\n#311\nBob Mead\n#312\nEric Rosenberger\n#313\nThym Smith\n#310\nConnie Gerrard\n#319\nPatty Presock\n#318\nJudy O'Neil\n#316\nJudy Gagliardi\n#317\nCathy Koob\n#307\nBob Manning\n#270\nRay Zook\n#271\nJohn Dreylinger\n#274\nStaff Office\nCommand Post\n71280 Mashie Drive\n70674 Boothill Road\nRancho Mirage\nThunderbird Estates\nDispatcher\nCommunications Center/WHCA\n#126 Venture Inn\n#204 Venture Inn\nMilitary Office\n#124 Venture Inn\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nPRESIDENTIAL SCHEDULE\nSunday, April 6, 1975\nPalm Springs, California\n9:00 a.m.\nDepart Presidential Residence enroute\nLa Quinta Country Club\n9:30 a.m.\nTee off with Messrs. Blaik, Capra, and Parma\n2:30 p.m.\nGolf game concludes\n3:00 p.m.\nArrive Residence\nPERSONAL TIME\n5:30 p.m.\nReception for members of the White House\nPress Corps\n7:00 p.m.\nReception concludes\nPERSONAL TIME\nSTATE R. FORD\nLIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nWELCOME SOUTH VIETNAMESE ORPHANS\nSAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT\nSATURDAY - APRIL 5, 1975\nDEPARTURE: 7:30 P.M.\nFrom:\nTerry O'Donnello\nTHE FLIGHT\nThe Pan American 747 (Call Sign: Clipper 1742) transporting 325\nSouth Vietnamese orphans en route from Saigon via Yokota Air Force\nBase (refueling stop) to San Francisco International Airport is scheduled\nto arrive at 9:25 p.m. Information regarding the passengers has been\nspotty and somewhat vague, but it appears the orphans range in age\nfrom 8 months to 8 years and 13 are reported to have chicken pox.\nBetween 11 to 22 adult escorts, primarily American volunteers from\nSaigon, are on board accompanying the orphans - this extremely low\nratio of escorts to children is due to the fact that this is a non-scheduled\nflight that left on extremely short notice. Two of the escorts, Christine\nLiverman and Miss Fornfifall are survivors of the C5A crash.\nSPONSORING ORGANIZATION\nThe San Francisco host organization, Society for Protection of\nVietnamese Orphans, SPOVO, is a loosely knit volunteer network\nconsisting primarily of members of the medical community, the Army, Red\nCross and six national adoptive agencies. SPOVO accepts the orphans\nat the port of entry, provides medical assistance, and transfers the\norphans to adoptive agencies or parents. Some 30 Bay Area hospitals\nhave pledged free medical services for up to 40 orphans each.\n2.\nSPOVO operates under the general guidelines of Friends For all\nChildren. A letter drafted by NSC thanking them for their efforts is\nattached at TAB A.\nMECHANICS OF THE TRANSFER\nThe basic element involved in unloading and processing the orphans\nis the \"bus team. 11 Each \"bus team\" consists of 1 doctor, 1 nurse,\n1 registrar and 20 Red Cross volunteers. The\"bus team boards the\naircraft; the doctor and nurse quickly check a group of 20 orphans;\nthe registrar documents the group; and the Red Cross volunteers each\nescort or carry one orphan off the plane to the bus. The bus departs\nfor the Presidio where a thorough medical screening commences.\nYOUR PARTICIPATION\nYou and Mrs. Ford are scheduled to arrive at San Francisco International\nAirport approximately 15 minutes prior to the orphans' plane. While\nawaiting the arrival you would mingle informally with some of the volunteers.\nYou would then accompany the first \"bus team\" on board and assist in the\nprocess described above. After the first bus departs the airport, you\nmay depart or stay as long as you wish. In all, there will be 18 buses.\nThere will be no formal speaking opportunity; however, talking points\nprepared by NSC are attached at TAB B, should you wish to speak\ninformally to the press or some of the volunteers.\nREQUESTS BY THE HOST ORGANIZATION\nThere are two items that we expect will come up in your conversations\nwith the volunteer leaders. They will ask you to:\n(1)\nRequest that FAA establish a special \"inbound desk\" to assist in\nthe coordination and distribution of information on the orphans\nflights. (There has been much confusion and misinformation todate.)\n(2)\nLook into the rerouting of all inbound military aircraft transporting\norphans from Travis to San Francisco International and Oakland\nAirports. These airports are closer to the hospitals and to the\nsource of volunteers.\nSEQUENCE\n7:30 p.m.\nYou and Mrs. Ford board motorcade and depart\nResidence en route Palm Springs Municipal Airport.\n(Driving Time: 20 minutes)\n7:50 p.m.\nArrive Palm Springs Municipal Airport. Board\nAir Force One.\n7:55 p.m.\nDepart Palm Springs Municipal Airport en route\nSan Francisco International Airport.\n(Flying Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes)\n(No Time Change)\n9:05 p.m.\nArrive San Francisco International Airport.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nCLOSED ARRIVAL\nYou and Mrs. Ford will be met by:\nDr. Alex Stalcup, SPOVO Pediatrics Manager\nand Director\nDr. Mark Oscherwitz, SPOVO Internal Medicine\nManager and Director\nNOTE:\nDr. Stalcup will provide you and\nMrs. Ford with a Red Cross Badge\nand a SPOVO Badge, which you should\nwear to identify you as volunteers.\n9:10 p.m.\nYou and Mrs. Ford board bus in the caravan and\nawait the arrival of the Pan Am \"Clipper 1742\".\nNOTE:\nWhile on board, a briefing on the\nevacuation procedures will be provided.\n2.\n9:25 p. m.\nPan Am \"Clipper 1742\" arrives San\nFrancisco International Airport.\nMedical inspection team proceeds on\nboard.\nNOTE:\nYou and Mrs. Ford will be\nescorted to a special viewing\narea.\n9:30 p.m.\nYou and other members of Bus Team # 1 proceed\non board \"Clipper 1742\" and carry the orphans from\nthe plane to their awaiting bus # 1.\nPRESS POOL COVERAGE\nNOTE:\nYou may continue assisting\nlocal bus teams as they arrive\nat plane side. In all, 18 buses\nwill be utilized; however, you\nmay depart at any time.\n10:30 p.m.\nYou and Mrs. Ford thank your hosts and board\nAir Force One.\n10:35 p.m.\nAir Force One departs San Francisco International\nAirport en route Palm Springs Municipal Airport.\n(Flying Time: 1 hour, 5 minutes)\n11:40 p.m.\nAir Force One arrives Palm Springs Municipal\nAirport.\nOPEN PRESS COVERAGE\nCLOSED ARRIVAL\n11:45 p.m.\nYou and Mrs. Ford board motorcade and depart\nPalm Springs Municipal Airport en route Residence.\n12:00 midnight\nArrive Residence.\n######\nMrs. Wende Grant\nExecutive Director\nFriends For All Children\n445 South 68th Street\nBoulder, Colorado 80303\nDear Mrs. Grant:\nMrs. Ford and I want to thank you personally for the splendid\neffort you and your staff, both in Vietnam and in the United States,\nhave made to process and find homes for so many homeless, help-\nless orphans during this trying emergency.\nOn behalf of millions of people throughout the United States who are\nmoved by compassion for the future of these little ones, I also want\nto express appreciation and encouragement for your interest and\nconcern in caring for those less fortunate than ourselves.\nYour work is in the finest tradition of the American spirit of com-\npassion and freedom. You should be proud of what you have accom-\nplished under such difficult circumstances.\nSincerely,\nGerald Ford\nB\nSuggested Remarks for the President upon the\nArrival of Vietnamese Children for Adoption\nin the United States by Friends For All Children\n9:30 p.m.\nSaturday, April 5, 1975\nSan Francisco International Airport\nMrs. Ford and I take great pleasure in welcoming all 325\nchildren who arrived on this flight to become members of\nAmerican families. We also congratulate Mrs. Wende Grant\nand the staff of Friends For All Children who accompanied the\nchildren on the flight as well as all the others who assisted\nwith this very worthwhile endeavor.\nI cannot let this moment pass without expressing once more\nour deep sadness at the tragic loss of so many of the children\ndestined for the U.S. on your earlier flight, as well as the adult\nvictims who were escorting them.\nThe arrival of these children today is in the great American\ntradition of welcoming the homeless. I want on this occasion\nto convey my heart-felt thanks and good wishes to the other\nagencies bringing these children to their new American homes.\nThese include Catholic Relief Services, Friends of Children of\nVietnam, Holt International Children's Programs, Pearl Buck\nFoundation, Travelers Aid-International Social Service of\nAmerica and World Vision Relief Organization.\n- 2 -\nThis happy occasion is the culmination of the outstanding\nperformance of the personnel of all of these agencies\nworking under extremely difficult conditions especially\nover recent months in South Vietnam.\nFord Dinner - April I\nMr. & Ners. lean me\nher. & am. Frank Capra\nMer. & den.\nBos Hope-Delous\n\"\n: .\n-\nFred Wilsiam-\n\"\n10\nFrank Jawiern m\n(Eva)\n\"\nAms. .. 11 Walter Annensers Isadelle\nNer. & ders.\nHoward Adams\n:\n:\n16\nJack Westlend\n(Passe Bas,\n1.\n\"\n16\nheating\nMrs. Marion Cornelius Stewetee\nCold friend of has. Ford's G.R. Mich)\nAlaw Greenspan - Economic Adviser\nMrs. Red Blaik\nMr. & Nus.\nWay ne, & (aum Ho Huan\nMr. EL Mrs.\nRawlings -\nfraud\nto all\nPalme Children\nof Palme family & Godfalher\nlow her\nFORD LIBRARY\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 6, 1975\nMEMORANDUM FOR:\nSHEILA WEIDENFELD\nFROM:\nRED CAVANEY\nJOOL\nSUBJECT:\nTHE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO\nLAS VEGAS, NEVADA AND.\nRETURN TO WASHINGTON, D.C.\nMonday, April 7, 1975\nYou are manifested on Air Force One and are requested to\nproceed to the Presidential Thunderbird Estates Residence,\nvia your own transportation, no later than 10:30 am. The\nmotorcade will depart at 10:40 am en route Palm Springs\nMunicipal Airport. Air Force One will depart at 11:05 am\nstopping in Las Vegas, Nevada for the President's attendance\nat the Annual NAB Luncheon. The estimated time of arrival\nin Las Vegas is 11:45 am. Air Force One will depart Las\nVegas at 2:35 pm en route Andrews AFB with an estimated\ntime of arrival of 9:25 pm. Luncheon will be served en route\nLas Vegas and dinner will be served en route Andrews AFB.\nBAGGAGE CALL & ATTIRE:\nAll baggage should be left\nunlocked outside your residence quarters no later than 8:00 am,\nCarry-on baggage should be taken with you to Air Force One.\nAll carry-on baggage is subject to inspection by the Secret Service.\nAttire for the NAB Luncheon is Business Suit.\nWEATHER REPORT: LAS VEGAS: Mostly cloudy, high in\nlow 50s with winds of 15-25 knots; 15%chance of precipitation.\nWASHINGTON: Temperatures in the mid-40s, clear and breezy,\n0% chance of precipitation.\nWITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES)\nFORM OF\nCORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE\nDATE\nRESTRICTION\nDOCUMENT\nDoc.\nMotorcade assignment\n6pAges 6\n3/29/75-4/8/75\nB\nFile Location:\nShelia Weidenfeld Files, Box 13, Daily Events File. Folder: 3/29/75-4/8/75 - West Coast (2)\nRESTRICTION CODES\njjo 10/31/16\n(A) Closed by applicable Executive order governing access to national security information.\n(B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document.\n(C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift.\nNATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION\nNA FORM 1429 (1-98)\nFile\nVietnamese\norphous\nin\nSan\nKrancisc\nVIRGINIA FIBRE CORPORATION 51 LOCUST AVENUE NEW CANAAN. CONNECTICUT 06840\n203 966-4521\nApril 9, 1975\nROBERT C. MACAULEY\nPresident\nHonorable Gerald R. Ford\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C.\nMy dear Mr. President:\nDuring our chat in the bus at the airport in San Francisco\non Saturday evening, I observed to Mrs. Ford that it must be\ndiscouraging, to say the least, to reflect upon awakening in\nthe morning, that everything you might do during that day (or\nany day) would inevitably be misinterpreted or misconstrued in\nand by the press. The last three days have, unfortunately,\ncorroborated that observation.\nI returned to New Canaan from San Francisco on the morning\nfollowing our meeting there. Since then there have been ap-\nproximately a dozen taped interviews concerning my personal\nrole in bringing the Vietnamese orphans to San Francisco. In\neach and every one of these taped interviews, I made a very\nforceful statement concerning your presence at the scene, to\nthe effect that I was and am still convinced beyond the shadow\nof a doubt that the presence of you and Mrs. Ford in San\nFrancisco to greet the orphans was in no way politically mo-\ntivated, that it was simply an act of deep humanitarian concern\non both of your parts. It is interesting (and appalling) to\nnote that in each and every one of these interviews, the por-\ntion relating to my statement about your presence was edited\nout. And then yesterday, the NEW YORK TIMES formally editori-\nalized on the \"exaggerated importance assigned by President\nFord to the orphans' airlift\". All this under the aegis and\nheading of \"All the News That's Fit to Print\".\nDuring our discussion regarding Vietnam, you observed that\nit might take historians one hundred years to interpret events\nand determine just who was right. I would only observe on\nthat score that the advocates of abject surrender with their\nfanatical obeisance to prophecies of gloom and doom will ulti-\nHonorable Gerald R. Ford\nApril 9, 1975\nPage Two\nmately be judged in the proper perspective of history. Most\nimportant of all to me is the fact that yours will be a legacy\nof honor.\nOur faith is in you and our prayers are with you.\nSincerely yours,\nRCM:cwb\nP.S. Mrs. Ford and Sheila seemed interested in the quotation\nfrom Albert Schweitzer to which I alluded during my\nconversation. For their ready reference, since it seems\nso pertinent today, I quote it here in full:\n\"Just do what you can. It's not enough merely to exist.\nIt's not enough to say, 'I'm earning enough to live and\nto support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good\nfather. I'm a good husband.' That's all very well.\nBut you must do something more. Seek always to do some\ngood, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way\nto make his own self more noble and to realize his own\ntrue worth. You must give some time to your fellow man.\nEven if it's a little thing, do something for those who\nhave need of help, something for which you get no pay\nbut the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't\nlive in a world all your own. Your brothers are here,\ntoo.\"\nCC: Mrs. Gerald R. Ford\nMrs. Sheila Weisenfeld\nNEW\nCANA\nU.S. POSTAGE\nAPR 14'75\nE0.13\nCONN.\nREMSTER\n1205841\nVIRGINIA FIBRE CORRORATION- 51 LOCUST AVENUE\nNEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT 06840\nMrs. Sheila Weisenfeld\nPress Secretary to Mrs. Ford\nFORD 8 QTY\nThe White House\nWashington, D. C. 20500\nLIBRA\nVF\nAir Mail\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWashington\nThe President and Mrs. Ford\nwish to invite you\nto an informal patio reception\nat their residence\n41001 Thunderbird Road\nThunderbird Ranch Estates\nRancho Mirage\nSunday, April 6, 1975\n5:30 to 7:00 pm\nmr and Mrs. Ed Wei denfild\nRoom 311\nprocuss\nREQUIRT 1.00\nembrake\nVben\nloAd\n2001\ngreat\nto\nDaylor\nobject\nApril 167\nINC vey A--' will\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nApril 6, 1975\nMRS. FORD:\nI thought you might like to have a\ncopy of the attached list of invitees\nto the press reception this evening.\nRon Nessen\nREWALD\nR.\nAGE\nINVITEES TO THE PRESS RECEPTION TO BE GIVEN\nBY THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. FORD\nSunday, April 6\nRichard Growald\nUnited Press International\nFrank Cormier\nAssociated Press\nHoward Benedict (Mrs. Joy)\nAssociated Press\nRalph Harris (Mrs. Ena)\nReuters\nLouis Foy\nAgence France Presse\nLou Cannon\nWashington Post\nJack Germond\nWashington Star-News\nJohn Herbers (Mrs. Betty)\nNew York Times\nPaul Healy\nNew York Daily News\nArlen Large\nWall Street Journal\nMartin Schram\nNewsday\nBruce Winters\nBaltimore Sun\nAldo Beckman\nChicago Tribune\nPeter Lisagor\nChicago Daily News\nJames Deakin\nSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\nRudy Abramson (Mrs. Joyce)\nLos Angeles Times\nAl Sullivan\nUSIA\nSaul Kohler\nNewhouse\nWilliam Theis\nHearst\nRoy MacCartney (Mrs. Betty)\nThe Melbourne (Australia) Age\nRichard Beeston\nLondon Daily Telegraph\nThomas DeFrank (Mrs. Mary Jane)\nNewsweek\nJohn Mashek (Mrs. Sarah)\nU.S. News & World Report\nDean Fischer\nTime\nJohn Osborne (Mrs. Trudy)\nNew Republic\nJohn Weisman\nTV Guide\nJohn Buckley\nWestern Union\nThomas Capra\nABC Productions\nTom Jarriel\nABC\nAnn Compton\nABC\nWalt Rodgers\nAP Radio\nLucien Millet\nRadio Canada\nCharles Thompson\nCBS Productions\nBob Schieffer\nCBS\nPhil Jones\nCBS\nPage 2\nJeff Skov (Mrs. Paula)\nGolden West Broadcasters\nForrest Boyd\nMutual\nLloyd Siegel (Mrs. Joan)\nNBC Productions\nJohn Cochran\nNBC\nRuss Ward\nNBC Radio\nHatsuhisa Takashima\nNHK Broadcasting\nDon Fulsom\nUPI Audio\nPhilomena Jurey\nVoice of America\nThomas Girard\nWestinghouse Broadcasting\nCharles Tasnadi\nAP Photos\nRon Bennett\nUPI Photos\nDennis Brack\nTime - Black Star Photos\nWally McNamee (Mrs. Nikka)\nNewsweek Photos\nGordon Hoover (Mrs. Susan)\nABC-TV cameraman\nLew Maddox\nABC-TV soundman\nMike Belli\nABC Radio Engineer\nCal Marlin\nCBS-TV cameraman\nTom Novak\nCBS-TV soundman\nDave Peredia\nCBS-TV electrician\nGerald Conklin\nCBS Radio Engineer\nFrank Gibson\nNBC-TV cameraman\nAl Hoagland\nNBC-TV soundman\nErnest Hauser (Mrs. Mary Jane)\nNBC-TV electrician\nAldo Argentieri (Mrs. Helen)\nNBC Radio Engineer\nCleveland Ryan\nLighting Technician\nMeg Greenfield\nWashington Post Editorial Page\nLloyd Shearer\nParade Magazine\nTed Koppel\nABC-State Department\nCorrespondent\nWHITE HOUSE STAFF\nINVITED TO THE PRESS RECEPTION - (APRIL 6)\nMr. and Mrs. Ron Nessen\nMr. and Mrs. Don Rumsfeld\nSheila Weidenfeld (Mr. Ed)\nMr. and Mrs. Bob Hartmann\nLarry Speakes\nMr. Alan Greenspan\nJohn Carlson\nMr. Milt Friedman\nThym Smith\nMr. Bob Orbin\nLes Janka\nKay Pullen\nFile - California Trip\nJune 16, 1975\nDear Miss Chaplin:\nMany thanks for your letter\nof June 3 and for sending me a reprint o\nof the Architectural Digest. I\nthoroughly enjoyed reading it and\nknow that Mrs. Ford will.\nMrs. Ford loved her stay at\nthe Beverly Whilshire and was impressed\nwith all the staff. She is still talking\nabout her beautiful suite.\nThank you so much for your warm\nhospitality and for helping make our\nLos Angeles trip a memorable one.\nSincerely,\nSheila Rabb Weidenfeld\nPress Secretary to Mrs. Ford\nMiss Helen V. Chaplin\nExecutive Assistant Manager\nBeverly Wilshire Hotel\n9500 Wilshire Boulevard\nBeverly Hills, California 90212\nBERRED\nR.\nLIBRARY\nTelephone\n(213) 275-4282\nBeverly Wilshire Hotel\n9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, California 90212\nJune 3, 1975\nMrs. Sheila R. Weidenfeld\nPress Secretary to Mrs. Gerald Ford\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWashington, D. C.\nDear Mrs. Weidenfeld:\nFrom all the reports I've read and heard Mrs. Ford and\nyou are really enjoying your trip to Europe.\nAm enclosing Architectural Digest reprint which shows\nthe Bufalini Suite occupied by Mrs. Ford as well as a\nsecond floor room such as you occupied.\nNot only was it an honor to have Mrs. Ford with us, but\nit was a true pleasure as well. We all hope that before\ntoo long she will pay us a return visit.\nWith kindest regards from all of us at the Beverly Wilshire.\nSincerely,\nThlen VChaplen\nHelen V. Chaplin\nExecutive Assistant Manager\nhvc/ss\nencl.\nP.S. Dont forget you an corney you R. FORD LIBRA:\na muh f reat !!\nLOS ANGELES' PREFERRED HOTEL\nARCHITECTURAL DIGEST\nPHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF\nARCHITECTURAL DIGEST\nLIBRARY\nREPRINTED FROM\nJULY / AUGUST, 1972\nAN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM COMES TRUE\nThe Beverly\nWilshire\nT\nyears ago, two dreamers told\nGigantic mission arches of Car-\nPhotographed by Alexandre Georges\ntheir friends they were setting\nrara marble, carved in Italy. A\nBy Robert Hardy Andrews\nout to build a fascinating place for\nsoaring glass-domed porte-cochère\ntravelers who are not at ease in\nhas the strength-with-grace of a\nidentical cells, into and out of\nRoman bridge in Spain. A marble\nwhich they are pushed with neither\nmural inlaid in multicolored mosa-\nwelcome nor \"Please come again.\"\nics, work of a Courtright family\nWho want to be treated as guests,\nfriend, the internationally noted\nnot room numbers on computer\nartist Millard Sheets, brings early\ncards. In short, who are weary of\nCalifornia to life along the wall of\njet-age make-do, and would, if\nthe Wilshire Wing on your right.\nthey could, break their journeys\nA noble caballero and his lady\nwhere elegance, ambience and spe-\nseem to say \"Mi casa es su casa,\"\ncial thoughtfulness will soothe the\nmy home is your home.\nbody and refresh the mind.\nAnd so says Hernando Court-\nTheir friends said it couldn't be\nright, who began as a bright young\ndone, but like the \"Man of La\nbanker, stepped in to salvage a\nMancha,\" they clung to their im-\nmortgaged and moribund hotel in\npossible dream. And after a decade\n1942, sold it in 1958 and became\nof disappointments, delays and\nfirst president of Century City, but\ninnumerable obstacles, the dream\nreturned to his first love when he\nhas come true. It stands for all to\npurchased the Beverly Wilshire\nsee, in the heart of Los Angeles,\nin the early 1960s. He greets you\nCalifornia; the new Beverly Wing\nin the Beverly Wing's Grand Hall,\nof the Beverly Wilshire-first in\na spectacle setting of varicolored\nAmerica on which Hotel Represen-\nmarble, monumental mirrors and\ntative Inc. has conferred the Grand\ngilded chandeliers, with a curving\nLuxe hallmark, until now granted\nred-carpeted marble staircase ris-\nonly to Europe's finest palace-inns,\ning to a gallery with hand-wrought\nnot only for its beauty and com-\nbronze and iron railings. For all the\nfort, but also for the excellence of\nsplendor, there is warmth, in the\nits cuisine and personalized serv-\nmost remarkable hotel these much-\nice. And how this came to pass is\nused eyes have ever seen.\na story that would call for telling\nFamed architect Charles Luck-\neven if the teller did not belong to\nman said, \"No one builds palaces\nEL CAMINO REAL (Cover Page)\nthe always growing legion of\nlike this any more, much less\nA view of the Beverly Wing, from El Camino\nReal, a unique private street. This wing, with\nfriends and admirers of Hernando\nhotels; I deeply admire the courage\nits facade of giant Mission arches of white\nand Marcelle Courtright.\nit took to attain such extraordinary\nCarrara marble, is joined to the Wilshire\nProof that dreamers can also be\nresults.\" Carleton Alsop, the wit\nWing by a domed porte-cochère. At night\nbuilders begins when your car\nand bon vivant, said once at a gath-\nthirty-eight gaslight lanterns from Edinburgh\nturns in through impressive Louis\nering of the Chevaliers du Taste-\ncastle illuminate street of handset porphyry\ngranite pavers. The massive wrought-iron\nXV bronze and iron gates that are\nvin: \"Hernando reminds me of a\nand bronze gates were conceived from a\nnever closed, onto the only private\nman who walks like a hotel, and a\ndesign by Pierre Scapula, specified in France\nstreet in Beverly Hills: \"El Camino\nhotel who walks like a man.\" His\nand custom made in Mexico by native artists.\nReal,\" the Royal Road. Above its\npersonality is present wherever\nhand-cut, hand-set granite pave-\nyou turn, and there is a second pal-\nment rise eight floors of guest\npable presence, sharing Hernando's\nrooms, townhouses petite suites,\ndream: Marcelle Courtright of\nplus four stories of penthouse\nMexican-Spanish-French ancestry,\napartments. On either side are gas-\nwith the taste, resilience and imag-\nlights from Edinburgh Castle.\nination of her forebears. Notably,\ncontinued\nVIVA\nshe not only created the captivat-\nthe Grand Ballroom and Winter\nand won a convert to her convic-\ning décor, but took a strong active\nGarden arrangement. He thought\ntion that only the very best would\npart in the architectural design and\nof including a quaint pub, and two-\ndo for the Beverly Wing.\nconstruction as well as in most\nstory townhouses with interior\nPierre introduced her to Monique\nphases of this extraordinary proj-\nstaircases, which I distinctly re-\nSilverman, president of the famous\nect. Neither guessed how much this\nmember we were told could not be\nFrench fabric firm of Boussac.\nwould demand of both time, crea-\ndone in the space we had; there-\nThere, after first looking at hun-\ntive ingenuity and faith.\nfore the two of us had an find the\ndreds of different materials, she\nThe Beverly Wilshire has been a\nanswer to the enigma.\"\nchose fabrics in special designs for\nlandmark since 1928, facing Wil-\nThey reminded each other of the\nthe Mexican, French and California\nshire Boulevard, within walking\ncurved balconies seen in Paris.\nfloors. In one grand sweep, certain\ndistance of all major shops, bou-\nHernando decided the new wing\nfabrics would cover walls, draper-\ntiques, doctors' offices and restau-\nmust have bay windows, glassed\nies, lampshades and beds in all\nrants; it is surrounded by a garden\nfrom floor to ceiling, framed by\nrooms on several floors. Even\ncommunity of homes owned by\nwrought-iron balcony railings.\nthough it is often heard that\nfilm stars, business executives and\nMarcelle conceived and carried out\n\"nobody does that in a hotel,\"\nsocial leaders. But when Hernando\na plan to follow California history\nthousands of yards of most exclu-\nCourtright became the owner, the\nby designing in authentic styles,\nsive 18th-century paisleys, floral\nBeverly Wilshire was an island, no\nthe first floor and guest rooms in\nchintzes, brocatelles and liserés\nlonger an accessible oasis. Wil-\nSpanish décor, the next in Mexi-\nprotected by Zepel were selected\nshire Boulevard traffic was a con-\ncan, the third in California Today,\nfor the Italian, French and Cham-\nstantly rising flood past the Beverly\nthe fourth Italian, the fifth French,\npagne floors, covering walls up to\nWilshire's doors. Parking was an\nand the sixth Avant Garde Mod-\n24 feet high. Her creative drive\ninsoluble problem. \"My husband,\"\nern, \"but not in a fashion that may\nwon converts everywhere.\nMarcelle says, \"knew exactly how\nsoon pass.\" The Wilshire Wing\nDiscovering that a childhood\nthe Beverly Wilshire could be\nwas not neglected: Los Angeles has\nacquaintance, Pablo Portilla, owned\nsaved.\"\nhonored Hernando by naming him\nFundiciones Artisticas in Mexico\nSolution: turn the hotel around,\nEl Padrino, the city's Godfather;\nCity, Marcelle went to him with\nwith entrance from an uncrowded\nMarcelle designed an \"El Padrino\"\nPierre Scapula's drawings for the\nprivate street. This called for zon-\nbar-rotisserie, Western in theme,\nLouis XV gates and interior rail-\ning changes. For seven years, Her-\nand meanwhile traveled overseas\nings for the Beverly Wing. Initial\nnando jostled with city planners,\ncollecting custom-made replicas of\nconstruction plans had called for\nbankers, construction specialists.\nOld World museum treasures.\ntravertine on façade arches and\nMeanwhile, unable to find a de-\nComplementary items sometimes\ninterior columns, factory-made\nsigner who could carry out the ver-\nmade to her designs by Old World\ntiles in all bathrooms. Not good\nsatile and complex master plan, he\nartisans, such as luggage racks and\nenough for Marcelle, she turned to\nturned to Marcelle: \"We're pressed\ntelevision stands, were added to\nanother good family friend, Mauri-\nfor time, I rely on you to insure the\nthe Beverly Wing across the Royal\nzio Buffalini of Italy, world-known\nharmony of design, outstanding\nRoad.\nas \"Mr. Marble.\"\nelegance, and above all, the com-\nDecided: from the most elabo-\nHand-carved selected slabs from\nfort the Beverly Wing must have.\"\nrate townhouse suites to the small-\nhis Carrara quarries cover all mis-\n\"Knowing his Irish-Basque de-\nest single rooms (and none are\nsion arches facing El Camino Real.\ntermination, I reluctantly agreed to\nsmall), all must have full marble\nEnormous columns, elevator arches\ncomply with his wishes, fully real-\nbathrooms with custom-made fit-\nand stringers of Tinos vert marble,\nizing the monumental task ahead\ntings, the same fine furniture, car-\nwhite Carrara inlaid marble floors,\nof me. It became clear that I had to\npets, fabrics, wallcoverings, beds,\nand marble in different colors for\ncreate unity without uniformity\nlamps, even embroidered mono-\nbathrooms throughout the Beverly\nand diversity without division.\"\ngrammed Royal Velvet towels from\nWing, were selected in Italy. Mean-\nThe chosen architect, Welton\nFieldcrest. Concurrently, never\nwhile, Italian stonecutters were\nBecket, a close Courtright friend,\ncompromising, everything must be\nimported, there being none in the\ndied before ground could be\nauthentic, practical, durable, and\nUnited States who had ever done\nbroken. An architect, the diction-\nmost important, comfortable.\nthe work, to cut and shape blocks\nary says, is \"one whose profession\nThere was also the budget, which\nof porphyry granite, paving the pri-\nis to design buildings and super-\ncould not be exceeded. Solution:\nvate street with which the dream\nvise their construction.\" But there\nGo to the top. Owners and presi-\nbegan. Los Angeles County was\nis a second definition: \"also, the\ndents of mills, manufacturers, art-\nexplored by Marcelle until she\ndevisor, constructor, maker or cre-\nists, were sources from which\nfound six perfect old pear trees,\nator of anything.\"\nMarcelle made purchases on an\nand selected all flowering plants, to\nNow there were two devisors\nunusually preferential basis. A\nlandscape a setting romantically lit\nand creators. \"Hernando,\" Mar-\nstranger does not tell Pierre Scap-\nat night not only by 38 gas lamps\ncelle recalls, \"envisioned the mis-\nula in Paris, \"I would like you to\nfrom Edinburgh Castle but also by\nsion arches, the concept of a canopy\ndesign our new ballroom.\" Scapula\n15,000 mini-bulbs.\ntying the Wilshire and Beverly\ndoes palace residences, converts\nAnother family friend, John P.\nWings together, and the \"sidewalk\nnoble old chateaux into exclusive\nMaguire, arranged for Marcelle to\ncafé.\" He evolved the gallery plan\ninns for the select, and refuses\npresent her case directly to Walter\nthat gives practical versatility to\nmore commissions than he accepts.\nGuinan, president of Karastan.\nall the banquet rooms. He planned\nMarcelle went to him as a friend,\nOnly Karastan, she said, could pro-\nduce the 3,000 yards of custom car-\nLanterns and appliques for Bev-\nof Royal Velvet. Until then, Field-\npeting, made from pure virgin\nerly Wing corridors according to\ncrest had left that personalized\nwool, in a design inspired by an\nthe different floor styles, were cus-\ntouch to outside companies. On\nantique Savonnerie carpet in the\ntom made like everything else, fol-\ncompletion of the Beverly Wilshire\nCourtrights' home, which was what\nlowing Marcelle's specifications\norder, Fieldcrest opened its own\nshe must have for the most beauti-\nand designs. In Olinala, a Mexican\nmonogramming department! Their\nful ballroom known today. She\nvillage reachable only by helicop-\nluscious-looking wonder blankets\noffered a challenge, and a show-\nter, she found artisans who, for\nwith the velvety touch never cease\nplace. Karastan accepted both. Car-\ngenerations, had made small boxes\nto receive praise from discerning\npeting in sixteen colors and eight-\nand simple trays, but succeeded in\nguests.\neen different floral patterns took\ninducing them to make tables in\nBecause of Hernando's belief\nalmost a year to complete. Walter\ndifferent patterns, hand carved and\nthat the resting period of a guest\nGuinan calls it \"the most magnifi-\nlacquered in brilliant colors. So\nmust be of extreme comfort,\ncent carpet we ever made.\"\ndoing, she launched a new indus-\n\"Beauty Rest,\" by Simmons, has\nFrom this beginning, Karastan\ntry. President Echeverría of Mex-\nalways been the answer. All beds\nwent on to supply the Beverly\nico, hearing of this, offered a gold\nwere custom-made, extra-long,\nWing's entire floorcovering instal-\nmedal to the outstanding crafts-\nover-wide and fireproofed. For\nlation, delivering thousands of\nman.\ndouble occupancy, a couple can\nyards of high-pile \"Coquille\" made\nAnother \"first,\" Fieldcrest, fa-\nchoose between a semi-large bed-\nfrom the miracle fiber of Antron.\nmous creators of luxurious towels,\nroom with either twin or king-size\n\"This noble and practical carpet is\nexpertly produced embroidered,\nbeds with one and a half baths, or\none of my greatest discoveries.\"\nmonogrammed, extra-large towels\na much more spacious bedroom\ncontinued\nGRAND HALL\nBALLROOM LOGGIA\nRegal marble pilasters in Rouge-Incarnat and Tinos Vert marble\nEight-foot palms adorn antique-mirrored arches of the Loggia of\ncreate Versailles effect. Karastan carpet with sixteen different\nthe Grand Ballroom. Louis XVI bronze doré and cut crystal lan-\nfloral motifs in sixteen different colors is designed from a classic\nterns extend French theme. Entrance to the Loggia is through\nSavonnerie, a cherished heirloom of the Hernando Courtrights.\nMission arches draped with yellow silk by Stroheim and Romann.\nGRAND HALL\nPrevious page, view of Grand Hall and Staircase shows lavish use\niron railing designed by Pierre Scapula and made in Mexico can be\nof Carrara marble that adds luxury to the Beverly Wing. Wrought\nseen to best effect at upper left. Persian red carpet is by Karastan.\nAVANT-GARDE\nFuturistic effect of Hallway is created by dramatic\ncontrast of gleaming copper Mylar walls and\nexpresso brown carpet by Karastan with stark\nwhite of doors. Appliques are sculptures in metal.\nMEXICAN HALLWAY\nFlowers, birds and folkloric motifs of Mexico are\nsubject of multifaceted decorative mural on hand-\nfinished adobe walls.\n\"CARINA\"\nOne hundred and twenty yards of richly colored Paisley print from\nClarence House upholstery walls in the Carina Suite. Mrs. Courtright\nselected this exotic 18th century pattern for the suite dedicated to\nher daughter. Karastan carpet of Antron was made in custom colors\nthroughout. In one grand sweep fabric was used for walls, draperies\nand lampshades to create a harmonious effect permitting also to\ncamouflage functional architecture. The second floor has a separate\nentrance on the upper level to ensure convenience and privacy.\nUpstairs bedroom in authentic Louis V decor is complemented by an\nexquisite fabric from Boussac. As in all bedrooms, three sets of\ncurtains adjust intensity of daylight.\n\"JEAN PIERRE VASARELY\" (YVARAL)\nThe original graphics of Jean Pierre Vasarely\n(Yvaral) are the focal point of this exciting Avant-\nGarde Townhouse Suite. Michele Vasarely was the\ninvaluable liaison who masterminded all the color\nschemes which in turn were custom made by Kara-\nstan. Kidglove leather sofas from Moreddi comple-\nment the special white vinyl wall covering from\nLee & Jofa matching draperies and furniture. Unu-\nsual and comfortable tub chairs were executed by\nKnoll-France. Custom made steel railing was\ndesigned by Carina, Mrs. Courtright's daughter.\nWhite marble stringers came from famous Carrara\nquarries of Maurizio Bufalini.\n\"DOLORES DEL RIO\"\nRoyalties were paid to the New York Metropolitan\nMuseum for every yard of fabric used in the Living\nRoom of this Mexican-style Suite. The flame stitch\npattern was duplicated in a heavy woven fabric by\nBrunschwig & Fils. Furniture and artifacts are all\nmade in Mexico by native artisans. Desk lamp is\none of thirty reproductions of a Pre-Colombian\npiece. Wall hangings are the work of Huichole\nIndians. Boussac fabric in upstairs Bedroom con-\nveys primitive Aztec heritage of Mexico. Fabric\nfinish is Zepel by Du Pont. Carpets are by Karastan.\n\"MADRID\"\nLeather dominates spacious Spanish-style Madrid Suite. Sofa is\nsuede covered and easy chairs are in maroon hide. Leather head-\nboard is painted in three layers of gold and hand decorated in\nsixteenth-century design. Material for draperies and bedspread\nis handloomed with velvet hand-appliqued stripes edged with\ncording. Fabric finish is Zepel by Du Pont. Carpet is Karastan.\nThe custom designed lantern\nadds to Old World ambience.\n\"MAURIZIO BUFALINI\"\nOn the opposite page is shown the Town-\nhouse Suite named for the Italian marble\nexecutive. All furnishings are in the\nVenetian mode. The Roman stripe fabric\nin the Bedroom by Stroheim and Romann\nis used for wallcovering and decorative\napplique on bedspread. All fabric is\ntreated with protective coating of Zepel\nby Du Pont. Carpets are by Karastan. The\nsuite has bay windows and a terrace over-\nlooking the Don Quixote patio and pool\nand the residential section of Beverly\nHills, Western Los Angeles, and environs.\n\"JIMMY STEWART\"\nThis Townhouse Suite reflects an interpretation of California design-a garden theme\nwith modern and Oriental accents. Handsome furniture is casual and contemporary.\nLacquer desk chair is inspired by Chinese Chippendale. The fabric from a design in\nthe New York Metropolitan Museum was executed by Brunschwig & Fils and finished\nwith Zepel by Du Pont. Cafe Expresso Karastan carpet creates \"masculine\" atmosphere.\n\"HERNANDO\nCOURTRIGHT\"\nHandcarved furniture and\nhand-embroidered chair\nupholstery are highlights\nof the Spanish-style rooms\nand suites. At the desk is\na Frailero, or monk's chair,\na faithfully reproduced\nmuseum piece from the\nera of Philip II. The seats\nare covered in fabric hand\nappliqued with small pieces\nof multicolored suede. One\nyard of this fabric took\nfour months to make. Ship\nis exact replica of vessel\nwhich brought Conquista-\ndor Hernando Cortés to the\nNew World. Carpets are by\nKarastan. Fabric finish is\nDu Pont's Zepel.\n\"CHRISTIAN DIOR\"\nSavonnerie-inspired floral motif in\nChristian\nbas relief on vinyl outlines doorway\nof Christian Dior Suite. Memorabilia\nDioᵣ\nof the famous couturier adorn en-\ntrance foyer (not seen). A paisley\npattern from Clarence House was\nselected for this important suite. All\nfabric is Du Pont Zepel finished.\nThe Antron are by Karastan.\nthe\n@@@@@@@@@@@\n000 000 000 800\nXXI DO TXI DO 123\nCHE\n181 181\n082\n0000\nC.C\nCrC\nCRO\nTXT\nwith sofa-sitting arrange-\nment plus two separate\nbaths, or a suite with two\nbaths. No such amenities\nhave ever been offered else-\nwhere.\nNothing whatever was\nordered from catalogues.\nMarcelle selected all custom-\nmade pieces and when not\navailable, they were de-\nsigned by her, down to uni-\nforms and matches. Revers-\ning jet-age practice, at-\ntractive young ladies were\ntrained to operate elevators\nwhich are very much like\njewel boxes. Extras were\nadded that a guest might\nnever miss had they been\ncontinued\n\"PRINCIPES DE BORBON\"\nThe Prince and Princess of Bor-\nbón were the first couple to stay\nin the Honeymoon Suite, oppo-\nsite page, which was inspired by\nthe Hindu god of love and his\nearthy mate, who symbolize\neternal devotion. Two themes,\n\"The Exotic East\" and \"Matri-\nmonial Joy,\" are carried through-\nout by accessories and fabrics. A\nstriking paisley print from Bous-\nsac is used in the Sitting Room\nand a rich complementary pais-\nley design from Clarence House\nenhances the Bedroom. Both fab-\nrics are treated with Zepel by\nDu Pont. The Antron carpet is by\nKarastan. Unusual features of the\nsuite are festive canopies hung\nfrom the ceiling; both are intri-\ncately decorated by hand.\nGRAND BALLROOM\nBoiseries in Trianon white with\nblue and gold leaf niches flank\nstage in Grand Ballroom. Ca-\nnova-style statues in Carrara\nmarble and crystal and bronze\ndoré chandeliers evoke epoch of\nLe Roi Soleil. Karastan created\n3,000 square yards of custom car-\npeting for the room which seats a\nthousand for dinner and dancing.\nZINDABAD PUB\nThe Zindabad Pub is divided into\nthree intimate rooms. The love\nseats heaped with pillows in\nauthentic Indian fabric are by\nMcGuire and covered with\nstriped orange and turquoise silk\nfrom Clarence House. Clarence\nHouse wallcovering fabric is\nlaminated to one-quarter inch\npolyurethane foam for sound\nabsorption and coated with Du\nPont's Zepel. The same fabric is\nemployed in a tent effect for the\nceiling. Custom-made screen\nagainst rear wall depicts a\nromantic scene in strings of\nmulticolored Indian glass beads.\nDON QUIXOTE\nPATIO AND POOL\nBaroque Patio and Pool Area is\ngaily decorated with murals by\nLuis Medina and tiles and\nceramics from Talavera, Spain.\nFragrant lemon and orange trees\nare placed about the patio. The\npool is a copy of Sophia Loren's.\nlacking: bidets and hand-showers\nseldom been pictured in his maga-\ndesigned by Marcelle, beautifully\nin all suites, Jacuzzi jets in some\nzine. He talked with the Court-\nexecuted by Flair, Inc., of North\nbathtubs!\nrights, went from floor to floor in\nCarolina. Others are more firmly\nAnother Courtright friend,\nthe Beverly Wing, and returned\nmasculine. All bathroom floors\nDalton O'Connor, of Magnavox,\naccompanied by the internationally\nand walls are in Rosa Aurora,\nproduced custom cabinets and ped-\nfamed photographer, Alexandre\nBrèche Nouvelle or Rouge Royal\nestal designs, as well as hand-\nGeorges. Result: Architectural\nmarble.\ncarved turntables, to harmonize\nDigest published nine pages of\nNow splurge, and take a two-\nwith the different styles, for their\ncolor photographs, taking its read-\nstory townhouse suite. Each of\nfamous color television sets whose\ners from El Camino Real on a tour\nthese is different from the rest,\n\"Total Automatic Color\" provides\nof the Beverly Wing. Each picture\ndecorated to chime with the artis-\ntrue color and perfectly tuned pic-\ntells a part of the story, while all\ntic creator to whom it is dedicated:\ntures on every channel. There are\ncombine to show why, through the\nAndrés Segovia, José Ferrer and\ncustom-made consoles with extra-\ngates and along the Royal Road,\nHernando Courtright, for Spain;\nlarge screens in the sitting rooms\ncome diplomats, merchants,\nDolores del Rio and Rufino\nand in adjoining bedrooms, exem-\nprinces, celebrities of films and\nTamayo, for Mexico; Bob Hope,\nplifying Magnavox's excellent\narts, aristocrats, politicians busi-\nJames Stewart, Millard Sheets,\ncraftsmanship.\nness executives, athletes, social\nIrene Dunne, for California; Chris-\nFor the Grand Ballroom and\n\"names\" as varied as President\ntian Dior, Marc Bohan, Pierre Scap-\nWinter Garden, Marcelle designed\nEcheverría, David Rockefeller,\nula, Omar Sharif, and Roger Vivier\ngraceful stacking chairs in ano-\nSpiro Agnew, Prince and Princess\nfor France. And, as avant-garde\ndized aluminum simulating bam-\nde Borbon, Barbara Hutton, Frank\narchetypes, Jean Pierre and Michele\nboo. These revolutionary chairs\nStanton, Omar Sharif, Rex Harri-\nVasarely, Yves St.-Laurent, Yves\nwere produced by Tri-Par, who\nson, Mark Spitz, the Kennedys,\nVidal, and four famed architects,\nrealized they would be in an inter-\nJacques Cousteau, Sidney Poitier,\nEdward Stone, William Pereira,\nnationally famous \"showcase.\"\nJack Lord, Stanley Marcus, Art\nMacDonald Becket and Charles\nConcurrently, 10,000 miles away\nBuchwald, and a stream of others\nLuckman.\nin India, artists of the Naika Thea-\nwho want the best. That is what\nIt may be that, like Hernando\ntre Trust, directed by one of India's\nthey get. So do less publicized trav-\nCourtright, you have an affection\nmost famous women, Kamaladevi\nelers, equally welcome and made\nfor champagne and for its famous\nChattopadhay, made to order sev-\nto feel at home.\nlabels. In that case, on the eighth\neral decorative items for what has\n\"Mi casa es su casa.\" Join a thou-\nfloor of the Beverly Wing there are\nsince become the most talked-of\nsand guests at a function in The\nsuites that do justice to their name-\nrendezvous in Los Angeles, the\nGrand Ballroom designed by Pierre\nsakes: Moët and Chandon, Taittin-\nZindabad Pub, from the Urdu toast\nScapula, where you dine amidst\nger, Louis Roederer, Laurent\nmeaning \"live happy.\" It features\nboiserie in Trianon white, blue and\nPérrier, Bollinger, Lanson, Veuve\nan Indian love scene, one of its\ngold leaf; gigantic niches flanking\nCliquot, Krug, Charles Heidsick,\nkind: a larger-than-life portrait of\nthe stage, framing Carrara statues\nPol Roger, Mercier. Or, possibly, if\na maharaja and his maharini, made\nin the style ascribed to Canova;\nyou are on your honeymoon, a spe-\nof literally thousands of multicol-\nmission arches covered in white\ncial anniversary or are still fortu-\nored beads.\nCarrara marble draped in yellow\nnate enough to be a little sentimen-\nsilk; antique mirrors reflecting light\ntal, ask to see the suite named\nDesks and beds on the Avant\nfrom bronze doré chandeliers with\nGarde floor could not be banal.\nPrincipes de Borbon in honor of\nhand-cut crystal lanterns; marble\nWhen they could not be found,\nthe royal couple, its first occupants.\npilasters matched by hand-sculp-\nMarcelle set herself to design them.\nCandlelit, subtly perfumed by\ntured balustrades of the same\nincense, exotic, romantic, with an\nThonet provided chrome chairs up-\nholstered in black rawhide. Walter\nRouge-Incarnat marble used at\nauthentic flair of the Far East, it\nVersailles.\nGuinan's Karastan supplied made-\nbrings Royal India to Beverly Hills!\nOr come as a weary traveler\n\"The greatness of a city,\" Her-\nto-order carpeting.\nwanting only rest and comfort and\nnando Courtright says, \"is meas-\nFascinating Italian white enam-\na sense of being a valued guest. On\nured by the standards of its hotels.\neled bed lamps with molded curves,\nthe Spanish floor, you will enjoy\nThe more superior, the more re-\nlarge opaline mushrooms softly\nheadboards upholstered in hand-\nspect the city will command. To\nilluminating the kid-glove leath-\npainted calf leather, arm-chairs\nvisitors, it is the way in which they\nered sofas were added. All this and\ncovered with hand-embroidered\nare received, the warmth of their\nmore, such as black and white Car-\nfabric typical of glorious 16th-\nwelcome, the comfort and beauty\nrara marble bathrooms, was keyed\ncentury workmanship. It took two\nthey find during even the briefest\nin the Avant Garde floor, to a stun-\nyears to complete sixty yards of\nstay, that make the strongest im-\nning focal display of \"graphisms\"\nthis precious stuff! Or try the Cali-\npression, a measure of the heart-\nby the award-winning artist of\nfornia floor, corridor walls are in\nbeat of a city.\" Which offers reason\neight Biennales Grand Prix, Jean\nsky-blue vinyl fancifully lit by\nenough, though there is more, for\nPierre Vararely, who signs his\nwhite Oriental-style sconces and\nyou, too, to drive through the pala-\nwork \"Yavaral.\"\nlanterns edged with little bells.\ntial gates that never close, along\nHearing what was happening,\nSome rooms have walls covered\nthe Royal Road, and see for your-\nCleon Knapp, editor, publisher and\nwith sun-drenched flowered fab-\nself how \"the impossible dream\"\ndeus ex machina of the prestigious\nrics from Boussac, Chippendale\nof Hernando and Marcelle Court-\nArchitectural Digest, came to see\nchairs, easy chairs upholstered in\nright has come true, in the heart of\nfor himself. Hotel interiors have\nyellow high-grade leather or suede,\nLos Angeles, California."
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