Evening star., 1961-01-16
By BETTY BEALE

plct christopher COLUMBUS
discovering them, but nobody
seems to know yet how the
natives of the Virgin Islands
are supposed to look.
The Chinese Flower Drum
Song" girls should be pretty
sensational. A com plete e
marching unit Of Chinese
girls in Chinese dress. each
beating a drum and singing
presumably in Chinese) may
help appease Chang Kai-
shek for Mr.. Kennedy's re-
marks about Quemoy and
Matsu.
And for the first time in
the memory Of city police,
there will be horse ambu-
lances posted on the parade
route. Gen. Gavin, parade
marshal, insisted. because
there are so many horses in
this parade, that there be two
horse ambulances equipped
with vets, whatever q horse
uses for smelling salts, etc.
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THE CLAM o UR AND
YOUTH Of the new admins
tration certainly was en-
hanced by the appointment
Of 23-year-old Pamela Tur-
nure as Jackie Kennedy's
press secretary.
Fragilely feminine, with
dark lustrous locks, Pam has
moved in New York's inter-
national set for several years.
She used to date Ally Khan
frequently during the fall
and winter of 1957-58. She
began working In Senator
Kennedy's office In October,
1857, and when Ally came to
town he took her out, or she
would go to New York for
week ends and he would beau
her around there.
A mere 20 then. Pam had
spent one year taking Sec
retarial training at Colby
Junior College in New Lon
don. N. H.. followed by q
year at Mount Vernon Jun
ior College. which she left
in June, 1856. After that she
had worked for a while as
receptionist In the new Bel
gian Chancery on Thirty
fourth street.
Now living in a small
Georgetown house on South
street, she has roots in both
Washington and New York.
Her mother was Louise Har-
rison Gwynn, a former debu-
tante of this city. daughter
Of the late DR.. and Mrs. Henry
Beall Gwynn, also Of Wash
ington. Her father is Law
renee Turnure. a New York
stock broker. Following their
divorce, Mrs. Turnure mar
ried o. B. Winters, who
passed on not very long
afterward. In 1941. she mar
ried Frederick Drake. who
was publisher Of Harper's
Bazaar for IS years. He is
now retired and they live in
Charlottesville. Va.
OF her new and important
appointment she said. II am
very excited about 1t. I had
a nice talk with Mrs. Ken
nedy. She is very easy to
work with. Very precise.
She knows what she thinks
and she thinks so clearly.
She also is delightful as a
person." r
Where would she work? It
wasn't definitely settled, she
said, but she thought she
would work in the west
wing with the President
elects press secretary. Pierre
Salinger.
II she does, this will be a
new approach to the First
Lady's news handling. In the
past.the secretaries in charge
Of the east wing (the First
Lady's wingl and the west
wing tthe Presidents wing)
Mary Jane McCaffree ard
Jim Hagerty--have scrupu-
lously avoided crossing into
each others territories.
But by this arrangement,
known to be favored by Pi-
erre, Mrs. Kennedy's social
secretary, Tish Baldridge
win not deal with the press
though she Is certainly
capable of doing so. Instead
all queries about Mrs. Ken
nedy will be directed to Pam
who will be trained by Pierre
and may remain in his wing
Says Tish Of the plan: 81
will be so tied up with other
things. Pamela will be able
to devote her entire time tt
the press" She compli-
n1ented Pam as being ex.
tremely compe tent and
! bright.