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The costume was a dilly: blonde, pageboy-style wig, black satin sheath slit up the right thigh, six loops of pearls on each arm, and a 15-ft.-long feather boa draped around the neck. But it fitted the role: a U.S. espionage agent with a homosexual bent, assigned to seduce a top Russian spy with similar leanings. Neither costume nor role, however, seemed to fit George Sanders, 62, filming his 84th movie, The Kremlin Letter, on location in Rome. "I feel rather silly," Sanders admitted, "but acting queer seems to be the trend these days, so why fight it?" Besides, he added, "I have remarkable legs and I want to show them."
He may be the President's brother, but more than nepotism got Edward Nixon, 38, his job. Named chairman of the Federal Field Committee for Development Planning in Alaska, he brings sound credentials to the $30,000-a-year post: a bachelor's degree in geology from Duke University, a master's degree in geological engineering from North Carolina State College, a commission as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve, and experience as a helicopter pilot to boot. Perhaps most important of all, he shares his big brother's deliberateness and caution. "I don't want to comment yet on what may be accomplished," said Chairman-to-be Nixon, "until I see firsthand what has been done already."
Jackie Onassis is running into a little competition these days as the hat fancier in the family. The Onassis yacht Christina had no sooner docked in Nassau last week when young John Kennedy came bouncing ashore for a little Bay Street browsing, all decked out in a natty straw snap brim resplendent with a puffy pompon and a plaid headband. And Jackie? She made the scene with a peasant-style scarf around her head and set off for a reunion and some shopping with another visitor, Rose Kennedy. Those who saw them thought Jackie looked as svelte as ever, thereby putting a damper, as Women's Wear Daily reported, "to all those rumors about her being pregnant."