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It will be painted to match the paneling in the room. | match | {
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The AID committee 's chairman in charge of the redecoration, Mrs. Henry Francis Lenygon, was in town yesterday to consult with White House staff members on the project. | was | {
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The AID committee 's chairman in charge of the redecoration, Mrs. Henry Francis Lenygon, was in town yesterday to consult with White House staff members on the project. | consult | {
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Mrs. Lenygon 's committee associates, announced formally yesterday by the AID in New York, include Mrs. Allen Lehman McCluskey and Stephen J. Jussel, both wellknown Manhattan decorators. | announced | {
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Mrs. Lenygon 's committee associates, announced formally yesterday by the AID in New York, include Mrs. Allen Lehman McCluskey and Stephen J. Jussel, both wellknown Manhattan decorators. | include | {
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Regional representatives appointed to serve from each section of the country include Frank E. Barnes of Boston. | appointed | {
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Regional representatives appointed to serve from each section of the country include Frank E. Barnes of Boston. | serve | {
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President Kennedy could n't stay away from his desk for the 75 - minute young people 's concert played on the White House lawn yesterday by the 85 - piece Transylvania Symphony Orchestra from Brevard, N. C.. | played | {
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But he left the doors to his office open so he could hear the music. | left | {
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At 4 p. m. the President left the White House to welcome the young musicians, students from the ages of 12 to 18 who spend six weeks at the Brevard Music Center summer camp, and to greet the 325 crippled, cardiac and blind children from the District area who were special guests at the concert. | left | {
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At 4 p. m. the President left the White House to welcome the young musicians, students from the ages of 12 to 18 who spend six weeks at the Brevard Music Center summer camp, and to greet the 325 crippled, cardiac and blind children from the District area who were special guests at the concert. | welcome | {
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It was the first in the series of `` Concerts for Young People by Young People '' to be sponsored by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House. | was | {
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It was the first in the series of `` Concerts for Young People by Young People '' to be sponsored by First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy at the White House. | sponsored | {
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She was not present yesterday, however, to enjoy the music or watch the faces of the delighted audience. | enjoy | {
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She is vacationing at the Kennedy summer home in Hyannis Port, Mass., and in his welcoming remarks, the President said he was representing her. | vacationing | {
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As he approached the open bandstand, erected facing the South entrance to the Executive Mansion, the band struck up the `` Star Spangled Banner '' and followed it with `` Hail to the Chief ''. | approached | {
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As he approached the open bandstand, erected facing the South entrance to the Executive Mansion, the band struck up the `` Star Spangled Banner '' and followed it with `` Hail to the Chief ''. | erected | {
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As he approached the open bandstand, erected facing the South entrance to the Executive Mansion, the band struck up the `` Star Spangled Banner '' and followed it with `` Hail to the Chief ''. | followed | {
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`` I think they played Hail to the Chief better than the Marine Corps Band, and we are grateful to them '', President Kennedy remarked after mounting the bandstand and shaking hands with conductor James Christian Pfohl. | think | {
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After paying tribute to the conductor and his white-clad youthful students, President Kennedy said, `` As an American I have the greatest possible pride in the work that is being done in dozens of schools stretching across the United States - schools where devoted teachers are studying with interested young men and wom... | paying | {
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After paying tribute to the conductor and his white-clad youthful students, President Kennedy said, `` As an American I have the greatest possible pride in the work that is being done in dozens of schools stretching across the United States - schools where devoted teachers are studying with interested young men and wom... | have | {
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After paying tribute to the conductor and his white-clad youthful students, President Kennedy said, `` As an American I have the greatest possible pride in the work that is being done in dozens of schools stretching across the United States - schools where devoted teachers are studying with interested young men and wom... | done | {
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He added `` I think that sometimes in this country we are not aware as we should be of the extraordinary work that is being done in this field ''. | added | {
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He added `` I think that sometimes in this country we are not aware as we should be of the extraordinary work that is being done in this field ''. | think | {
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He added `` I think that sometimes in this country we are not aware as we should be of the extraordinary work that is being done in this field ''. | are | {
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Displaying his knowledge of music, the New England-born President remarked that `` probably the best chamber music in the world is played in Vermont, by young Americans - and here in this school where they have produced extraordinary musicians and teachers, and their work is being duplicated all across the United State... | Displaying | {
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Displaying his knowledge of music, the New England-born President remarked that `` probably the best chamber music in the world is played in Vermont, by young Americans - and here in this school where they have produced extraordinary musicians and teachers, and their work is being duplicated all across the United State... | played | {
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`` This is a great national cultural asset, and therefore it is a great source of satisfaction to me, representing as I do today my wife, to welcome all of you here today at the White House ''. | is | {
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As he left the bandstand to return to his office, the slender, sun-tanned Chief Executive paused along the way to shake hands with the members of the audience in wheel chairs forming the first row under the field tent set up for the guests. | left | {
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As he left the bandstand to return to his office, the slender, sun-tanned Chief Executive paused along the way to shake hands with the members of the audience in wheel chairs forming the first row under the field tent set up for the guests. | set up | {
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He expressed surprise to learn that pretty, blonde Patricia Holbrook, 16, of Mount Rainier, had attended the Joseph P. Kennedy School for the Handicapped in Boston. | expressed | {
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`` The nuns there do a wonderful work '', the President commented. | do | {
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`` The nuns there do a wonderful work '', the President commented. | commented | {
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Patricia now attends the C. Melvin Sharpe Health School in the District. | attends | {
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Each of the children invited to the concert wore a name tag marked with a red, white and blue ribbon. | invited | {
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Each of the children invited to the concert wore a name tag marked with a red, white and blue ribbon. | wore | {
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They enjoyed lemonade and cookies served before and during the concert by teenage sons and daughters of members of the White House staff. | enjoyed | {
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They enjoyed lemonade and cookies served before and during the concert by teenage sons and daughters of members of the White House staff. | served | {
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Many of the music-loving members of the President 's staff gathered around the tent listening and watching the rapt attention given by the young seated audience. | gathered | {
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Many of the music-loving members of the President 's staff gathered around the tent listening and watching the rapt attention given by the young seated audience. | listening | {
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Many of the music-loving members of the President 's staff gathered around the tent listening and watching the rapt attention given by the young seated audience. | watching | {
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Many of the music-loving members of the President 's staff gathered around the tent listening and watching the rapt attention given by the young seated audience. | given | {
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And it turned out to be more of a family affair than expected. | turned out | {
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Henry Hall Wilson, a student at the music camp 25 years ago and now on the President 's staff as liaison representative with the House of Representatives, turned guest conductor for a Sousa march, the `` Stars and Stripes Forever ''. | turned | {
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Transylvania Symphony Conductor Pfohl said yesterday that Mrs. Kennedy 's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige, told about plans for White House youth concerts before the National Symphony Orchestra League in Philadelphia last spring. | said | {
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Transylvania Symphony Conductor Pfohl said yesterday that Mrs. Kennedy 's Social Secretary, Letitia Baldrige, told about plans for White House youth concerts before the National Symphony Orchestra League in Philadelphia last spring. | told | {
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He said he contacted a friend, Henry Hall Wilson, on the President 's staff and asked whether his orchestra could play, in the series. | said | {
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He said he contacted a friend, Henry Hall Wilson, on the President 's staff and asked whether his orchestra could play, in the series. | contacted | {
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He said he contacted a friend, Henry Hall Wilson, on the President 's staff and asked whether his orchestra could play, in the series. | asked | {
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He said he contacted a friend, Henry Hall Wilson, on the President 's staff and asked whether his orchestra could play, in the series. | play | {
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A flow of correspondence between Pfohl and Miss Baldrige resulted in an invitation to the 85 - student North Carolina group to play the first concert. | resulted | {
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A flow of correspondence between Pfohl and Miss Baldrige resulted in an invitation to the 85 - student North Carolina group to play the first concert. | play | {
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One of the most interested `` students '' on the tour which the Brevard group took at the National Gallery yesterday following their concert at the White House, was Letitia Baldrige, social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. | took | {
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One of the most interested `` students '' on the tour which the Brevard group took at the National Gallery yesterday following their concert at the White House, was Letitia Baldrige, social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. | following | {
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One of the most interested `` students '' on the tour which the Brevard group took at the National Gallery yesterday following their concert at the White House, was Letitia Baldrige, social secretary to First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. | was | {
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`` I was an art major in college '', Miss Baldrige explained. | was | {
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`` I was an art major in college '', Miss Baldrige explained. | explained | {
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`` I 've been here so many times I could n't count them ''. | been | {
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`` I 've been here so many times I could n't count them ''. | count | {
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She turned out to be a fan, too, of Margaret Bouton, the Gallery 's associate curator of education. | turned out | {
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She turned out to be a fan, too, of Margaret Bouton, the Gallery 's associate curator of education. | be | {
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Miss Bouton headed up one of the four groups that went on simultaneous tours after the Gallery had closed at 5 p. m.. | headed up | {
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Miss Bouton headed up one of the four groups that went on simultaneous tours after the Gallery had closed at 5 p. m.. | went | {
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Miss Bouton headed up one of the four groups that went on simultaneous tours after the Gallery had closed at 5 p. m.. | closed | {
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The Brevard group of 85 arrived at the Gallery at 6 p. m., remaining for about 45 minutes. | arrived | {
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