People, Dec. 27, 1971

The stars twinkled once again over the dance floor, and haute coutured fundaments warmed the zebra-striped banquettes as Manhattan's El Morocco reopened its doors to the oglers and the ogled. There were plenty of oldtime international set pieces—Paulette Goddard flashing rubies and diamonds, Hope Hampton flashing silver sequins, Aristotle Onassis flashing Jacqueline. But there were signs, too, that the times they are achanging. A disk jockey has replaced the orchestra. Dinner is a prix fixe $8.50—less than the average tip in the Elmo's of the '30s and '40s—for the new El Morocco is...

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