Kennedy Wives: Triumph and Tragedy in America's Most Public Family (45 page)

Lanin, Lester
, 102

Larchmont mansion
, 72–73

Lasker, Mrs. Albert
, 179

Lawford, Chris
, 123–24

Lawford, Peter
, 44
, 227

LBJ.
See
Johnson, Lyndon B.

League of United Latin American Citizens
, 197

Lee, Janet Norton
, 128–31
, 133

Lem.
See
Billings, LeMoyne

Lenox Avenue Club
, 7
.
See also
Ace of Clubs

Le Pavillon Restaurant
, 222

Life
, 150
, 167
, 173
, 203

Lincoln, Abraham
, 116
, 201

Lincoln, Evelyn
, 159
, 183

Lindy.
See
Boggs, Corinne

Linsmore Castle
, 40

Little Ann.
See
Skakel, Ann

Little Women
(Alcott)
, 232

Livingston, Dick
, 227

Livingston, Joseph
, 213–14

Livingston, Ted
, 213

lobotomy
, 31–33

Lodge, George C.
, 230

Lodge, Henry Cabot
, 230

Lodge, Henry Cabot Jr.
, 43–44
, 230

London
, 23–26
, 28–29

Look
, 171
, 173
, 182
, 206

Lucey, Patrick
, 45

Lyon, Louis M.
, 30

Macdonald, Torb
, 28

Macmillan, Harold
, 191

Mafia
, 104

The Major.
See
Bouvier, John Vernou Jr. (“The Major”)

Malraux, André
, 187–88

Manchester, William
, 130
, 205–6
, 240

Manhattanville
, 7
, 44
, 68
, 81
, 102–3
, 219

Mankiewicz, Frank
, 249

Maria McKinney Memorial Award
, 135

Maritime Commission, United States
, 23

Markham, Dean
, 108
, 246

Mary Charles, Sister
, 63–64

Maxwell House
, 215

Mayhew, Jay
, 82

mayor
, 4
, 6–8

McCarthy, Eugene
, 110–12
, 117–19

McCarthy, Joseph
, 86–87
, 90–91
, 93
, 97

McCarthy Committee
, 93

McClellan, George Brinton
, 96

McClellan, John
, 98

McCormack, Edward Jr.
, 230
, 233
, 246

McDonnell, Ken
, 76

McGovern, George
, 65

McMurray, Candy
, 240

McNamara, Robert
, 202

McQuaid, Margaret
, 14

media
, 25
, 35
, 125

Medicare cuts
, 289–90

Mellon, Bunny
, 202

menagerie
, 74

mental illness
, 55–56
, 257

Merchandise Mart, Chicago
, 39
, 194

Merrywood
, 132
, 140–41
, 157

Meyer, Mary Pinchot
, 185

minorities
, 116

miscarriages, of Joan
, 237–38
, 254

missing in action
, 35

Miss Porter’s Boarding School
, 133–35
, 142
, 173

modeling assignments
, 215–16

Mona Lisa
, 188

Moniz, António Egas
, 32

Monroe, Marilyn
, 88

moon landing
, 61

Moore, Edward
, 13

Moore, Mary
, 13

Morgan, J. Pierpont
, 25–26
, 29

Morin, Relman
, 106

Moss, Edward
, 241

motherhood
, 5
, 7
, 65
, 279

Mother Isabel (nun)
, 27–28
, 31

motorcade
, 198

mourners
, 42
, 120
, 164
, 201
, 240
, 249
, 283

Murder in the Cathedral
(Eliot)
, 211

Murphy, Ann Marie O’Hagan
, 83

Murphy, Jeremiah V.
, 249

Murray, Margot
, 217–18

museum
, 23
, 178–81

music
, 212
, 256–57

My Senator and Me: A Dog’s-Eye View of Washington, D.C.
(Kennedy, T. and Kennedy, V.)
, 282

National Velvet
, 77

Naval Air Corps., US
, 31

Naval Reserve, US
, 70

Nelson, Pearl
, 166

nepotism
, 100

Neustadt, Richard
, 205

New Delhi
, 192–93

Newman, Larry
, 185

New York
, 18
, 107

Nixon, Richard
, 154
, 170
, 252

Nobel Peace Prize
, 86

Noroton Abbey
, 40

N Street house
, 163–64
, 166
, 177
, 179

Obama, Barack
, 208
, 292
, 294
, 296

O’Brien, Lawrence
, 201

O’Connell, Cardinal William Henry
, 9

O’Donnell, Kenneth
, 201

Office of Naval Intelligence
, 31

O’Leary, Muggsy
, 166

Olmsted, Frederick Law
, 132

Onassis, Aristotle
, 62
, 122
, 196
, 204
, 206–7

Onassis, Christina
, 207

Onassis, Jacqueline
, 44
, 122

One Special Summer
(Bouvier, L. and Bouvier, B.)
, 142

oral-history project
, 295

organized crime
, 97–98

Paar, Jack
, 100

Pakistan
, 192

Palimpsest
(Vidal)
, 132

Palm Beach mansion
, 21–22

Paredes, Providencia (“Provi”)
, 166

Parish, Sister
, 177–80
, 184–85

Park Avenue Apartment
, 129

Parkland Memorial Hospital
, 198–99

Parry, Alfred
, 79

Patricia.
See
Kennedy, Patricia

Pavlick, Richard
, 173–74

Peretz, Evgenia
, 134

period furnishings
, 179–80

Perry, Maud
, 212

Peter and the Wolf
, 257

Peter Duchin’s orchestra
, 108

Petitgout, Amy
, 263

petroleum coke
, 78–79

Philadelphia Orchestra
, 256

Pius XII, Pope
, 27
, 43

P. J.
See
Kennedy, Patrick J.

plane crash
, 241–42
, 283

playboy
, 149
, 155

Plimpton, George
, 135

Poland
, 28–29

politics
, 4–5
, 51–52
, 168–69
, 233

“Pooh” (JFK mistress)
, 162–63

Porter, Cole
, 212

Portuguese Water Dog
, 282
, 294

Poucha Pond
, 253

Powers, Dave
, 185
, 190
, 201

pranks
, 81
, 102–3
, 123–24

presidency
, 8
; JFK’s campaigns for
, 45
, 47
, 82
, 91–92
, 95
, 99–100
, 167–71
, 224
; JFK winning
, 46
, 168
, 229
; RFK as candidate for
, 56
, 107
, 109–20
; Teddy’s aspirations for
, 252
, 257
, 260

privacy
, 182–83

Profiles in Courage
(Kennedy, J. F.)
, 161

Protestants
, 25
, 36–37
, 40
, 43
, 70
, 87–88
, 211

Provi.
See
Paredes, Providencia

PT 109 incident
, 34–35
, 37
, 145

public appearances
, 234
, 246

publicity
, 182–83

Puffin.
See
Gates, Ellen

Queen Kelly
, 19

racism
, 56–57
, 70
, 86

racketeering
, 98–99

Raclin, Grier
, 271

Radziwill, Caroline Lee
, 195–96
, 202
, 206–7
.
See also
Bouvier, Caroline Lee; Canfield, Caroline Lee

Radziwill, Stanislas (“Stas”)
, 192

Rambleside mansion
, 73–74
, 80
, 89–90
, 95–96
, 100

Reagan, Ronald
, 65

Red.
See
Fay, Paul

Reggie, Doris
, 268
, 275

Reggie, Edmund
, 167–68
, 267–68
, 273–75

Reggie, Victoria (“Vicki”): background of
, 268–70
; children of
, 274
; divorce of
, 271
; Teddy dating
, 266–67
, 271–72
, 275–77
; Teddy’s marriage to
, 277
.
See also
Kennedy, Vicki

rehearsal dinner
, 222

Reiner, Fritz
, 210

Republicans
, 82

restoration
, 162–64
, 167
, 172–73
, 176–81

Revolutionary War
, 189

RFK.
See
Kennedy, Robert Francis

Ribicoff, Abe
, 100

Rice, Jim
, 294

Riesel, Victor
, 98

riots
, 112–13

Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights
, 125

Robert Francis Kennedy Memorial Foundation
, 122

Robert Kennedy: His Life
(Thomas)
, 97

Rogers, Warren
, 124

Romney, Mitt
, 278–80

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (“FDR”)
, 22
, 25
, 27–28
, 82

Rose.
See
Fitzgerald, Rose Elizabeth; Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald

Rose Alma, Sister
, 73

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Center for Research in Mental Retardation and Human Development
, 56
, 63

Rosemary.
See
Kennedy, Rosemary

royalty
, 26–27
, 49

rubella
, 91

“Run, Bobby, Run
,” 109

Ryan, Tootles
, 8

The Sabres of Paradise
(Blanch)
, 192

Salinger, Pierre
, 190

Sawaya, Raymond
, 288

scandals
, 104
, 110
, 215

Schauer, Robert
, 242

Schlesinger, Arthur M. Jr.
, 101
, 109
, 158
, 169
, 187
, 205

Scoop.
See
Jackson, Henry

scrapbooks
, 194–96

SEC.
See
Securities and Exchange Commission

Secret Service
, 47
, 185

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
, 22

Selassie, Haile (Ethiopian king)
, 52

Selassie, Jean
, 52

self-esteem
, 247–48

Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
, 97–98

Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
, 98

Senate seat
, 230
, 232–33
, 235
, 245
, 280

Senate Subcommittees on Investigations
, 87
, 97–98

Senator
, 43–44
, 290
, 292–93

Shakespeare
, 187–88

Shaw, Maud
, 166
, 176
, 201

Showker, Selwa
, 136

Shriver, Bobby
, 123–24

Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
, 182

Shriver, Sargent
, 44
, 62
, 65
, 201

Shrum, Bob
, 290

Sidey, Hugh
, 178

Simmons, Zalmon
, 73–74

Sinatra, Frank
, 174
, 227

Sirhan, Sirhan
, 57
, 118–19

16th Annual Vogue Prix de Paris
, 141–43

Skakel, Ann (“Big Ann”)
, 73–75
, 77
, 80
, 92–94
, 102

Skakel, Ann (“Little Ann”)
, 72

Skakel, Curt
, 71

Skakel, Ethel
, 70–74
, 78
; bridge of cars built by brothers of
, 76–77
; demerit book disposed by Jean and
, 81
; education of
, 75
; as embracing Catholicism
, 70
, 76
; irresponsibility and arrogance of brothers and
, 76
; pranks at Manhattanville by Jean and
, 81
, 102
; Republican parents of
, 82
; RFK’s marriage to
, 42
, 83
, 85
, 87–88
, 90
; RFK starts dating
, 68–70
, 82–83
; as riding horse through mansion
, 80
; Rose separating Jean and
, 82
; as smart and clever
, 76
.
See also
Kennedy, Ethel

Skakel, George
, 77
, 79
, 94
; background and history of
, 70–74
; Brannack, A., marries
, 71
; FDR as hated by
, 82
; Great Lakes Coal and Coke Company established by
, 70–71
, 78
; as gun fanatic along with sons
, 76
; Rambleside mansion purchased by
, 73
; wild parties at Rambleside and
, 73–74