People, Feb. 9, 1976

"The food wasn't too hot, the bar was poorly manned, and the lights were too high so everyone's wrinkles showed," complained Washington Post Reporter Sally Quinn, 34, describing last week's fund-raising gala at Washington's Kennedy Center. Held to salute the Center's Board Chairman Roger Stevens, 65, the black-tie dinner and show had featured Jacqueline Onassis as chairman and star attraction, Gerald and Betty Ford, Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, a clutch of Kennedys and other Washington celebrities. But Sally was unimpressed. "Most of the VIPs looked as if they'd really rather be home in bed," she snipped. As for Jackie: "Usually when...

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