Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-03-10


Jacqueline Kennedy, hailed BY
Italians as Americas queen
arrived today en- route to India
and Pakistan and Immediately
paid a courtesy call on Presi-
dent Giovanni Gronchi.
The United States First Lady
who is making a 33-hour STOP
over in Rome, drove directly
from Rome's airport to 400
year-old Quirinal Palace, now
the presidential residence ano
once the home of Popes ano
Kings.
Mrs. Kennedy was received
by Mr.. Gronchi and his wife
and spent Is minutes with
them.
Then she was driven to Villa
Taverna. residence of G. Fred
erick Reinhardt, United States
Ambassador to Rome. She will
spend the night there, be re-
ceived in audience by Pope
John XIII tomorrow, and
leave in the evening for New
Delhi.
! The big jet airliner which
brought the Presidents wife
from New York touched down
at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci
Airport about an hour late due
to headwinds.
Sister in Party
Travelling with the United
States First Lady were her sia-
ter, Princess Lee Radziwell,
aides, Secret Service men and
a delegation of reporters.
The Presidents wife will be
guest of honor tonight at a
private dinner given by Count
Dino Pecci-Blunt, a Kennedy
family friend.
Mrs. Kennedy was loudly ap-
plauded by a crowd of about
1000 who watched her leave
the plane.
The First Lady flashed a
radiant smile and waved to the
crowd watching from a roof
observation area as she ap-
peared at the forward door of
the plane.
At the airport to meet the
Presidents wife were Ambas-
sador Reinhardt. seven other
Embassy officials and their
wives, Count Guerino Roberti,
protocol chief of the italian
Foreign Ministry and Gen,
Renato Salaris. airport COM
mander.
Others Leave First
Regular passengers aboard
the commercial plane left first
Then the elegant First Lady
appeared.
She wore a leopard skin coat
Her shoes, purse and gloves and
small hat were black. A black
scarf was tied snugly around
her neck against a chilly air.
port wind and slight drizzle.
Ambassador Reinhardt and
his wife were the first to greet
her. Mrs. Reinhardt handed her
a big bouquet of red roses.
With her sister walking a few
steps behind her, Mrs. Kennedy
moved slowly from the aircraft
to an Embassy limousine.
AS she passed an enclosure
reserved for Embassy personnel
she stopped and chatted briefly
with several of them. A few of
them chanted: Jackie, Jackie. "
Mrs. Kennedy then stepped
into the closed car and the
crowd on the observation roof
broke into applause again.
Driven Into City
! She rode with the Ambassa-
dor. Then, behind a motor
cycle escort, she was driven into
Rome to pay her scheduled visit
with Mr.. Gronchi.
Princess Radziwill rode in a
smaller black Embassy car with
Mrs. Reinhardt.
The Presidents wife appeared
refreshed and in good spirits.
Mrs. Kennedy's two-day visit
here has been described as
strictly private. Consequently
the Italians did not arrange a
formal welcome ceremony. The
usual flags, bunting and other
airport decoration were absent.
However, as a special honor
to the First Lady the Stars and
Stripes flew at the airport en-
trance beside Italy's red, white
and green tricolor.
Gray skies hung over the new
$50 million airport on the Tyr
rhenian coast near the little
fishing village of Fiumicino. 20
miles west of Rome.
Along Mrs. Kennedy's route
into town there also were no
decorations, but italian police
made special security arrange
ments. Policemen stood at all
cross roads on the super high
way that leads from the airport
to Rome.
In Rome itself groups of
carabinieri (national police in
their bright blue uniforms stood
near the Colosseum, near Piazza