In the new Vanity Fair, Robert Sam Anson profiles Hersh and uncovers the book's reported revelations. A sample:
+ Seamy, previously undisclosed sexual escapades in and out of the White House.
+ The Catholic Church's alleged annulment of JFK's long-rumored first marriage, to a Palm Beach socialite.
+ The fixing of the 1960 presidential election.
+ Assassination plots directed against a variety of foreign leaders.
+ Harrowing depictions of JFK's flirtation with nuclear strikes.
Although the Kennedy family has a policy of not responding to critical books, Hersh tells Anson, `They're going to come after me.`
What's with this?To date, Jay Leno has cracked 50 Marv Albert jokes while David Letterman, a close friend of the cross-dressing sportscaster, hasn't even mentioned his name, according to a Time mag tally.
The sporting news The Denver-New England game a week ago yesterday was Frank Gifford's 400th telecast on ABC's Monday Night Football.
`He's the dean of all broadcasters,` says social commentator Argus Hamilton. `When he started broadcasting, Marv Albert was still in a training bra.`
Peeper keepers John Mentus, head of the Rhode Island chapter of The Promise Keepers, tells Playboy how members of his Christian men's group avoid the temptation of X-rated moves in their hotel rooms:
`They take a towel, stick it over the television and put their Bible on top so as to keep sexual desires out of there.`
Tempus fugit Actor Roger Moore, quite dashing as James Bond, is 70 today.
This day in music 1993 -- Rolling Stone mag ranks the video for Peter Gabriel's Sledgehammer as the best ever.
Nice try Scene: A store in midtown Manhattan.
Observer: A New York Times operative.
Cashier No. 1 sneezes.
Cashier No. 2: `Gesundheit!`
Cashier No. 1: `What?`
Cashier No. 2: `Gesundheit!`
Cashier No. 1: `What does that mean?`
Cashier No. 2: `It means 'God bless you' in Japanese.`
School daze Stanford First Freshman Chelsea Clinton isn't the only famous person on a college campus these days. The matriculation of two supermodels has heads swiveling at New York University. Christy Turlington is a junior majoring in liberal arts; Amber Valletta is a freshman majoring in environmental politics, no less.
Entertainment Weekly says these actors also are pursuing degrees:
+ Melissa Joan Hart of Sabrina, NYU, sophomore, no major.
+ Jaleel White of Family Matters, UCLA, sophomore, film, TV.
+ Mayim Bialik of Blossom, UCLA, junior, psychology.
+ Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Harvard, senior, music.
Sky-high hair `I never had so much body.`
-- Space shuttle pilot Susan Still, on how her long, straight hair turned into a virtual bouffant in orbit. Quoted in Newsweek.
The final word According to a new study, 71 percent of all Americans are overweight. And today McDonald's said, `That's not good enough, we want 100 percent.`
-- Jay Leno
RESEARCHERS WITH FAR TOO MUCH TIME TO KILL
DATE: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 : Edited by Mickey Porter from Beacon Journal wire services. PORTER'S PEOPLE A study of 12,000 people by University of North Carolina researchers revealed that those who drink lots of beer have large bellies while those who drink lots of wine don't.