Entertainers: The Loved One

What with weddings, wars and wages on his mind, President Johnson can use a few laughs. That may be why he granted a few minutes to the visitor who had just returned to the U.S. after a 15-day U.S.O. tour in Viet Nam.

And so into the oval office one day recently strutted a dapper dandy in brownish-grey toupee, cake makeup, Kings Man cologne, suede-and-'gator shoes, jeweled cuff links in the shape of a Jewish Torah, and a wristwatch with the letters of his name in place of the numerals. The watch spelled...

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