Lansing State Journal from Lansing, Michigan • Page 34

Cat's Out of the Bag sp TACIT TRADE Jackie's Leopard Skin Coat Back in News I'm quiet when his mood is jumpy A nd seldom argue when he's grumpy. So when I'm snappish, sunk in gloom, He'll give MY temper elbow room. C-2 TOE STATE JOURNAL Thurs Jan. 25, 1968 SOCIALLY SPEAKING Silver Wedding Celebrated By Kositcheks By VIRGINIA REDFERN State Journal Staff Writer I Silver wedding anniversary bells pealed merrily Wednesday evening at a surprise dinner party given for the Richard Kositcheks at the Country Club of Lansing. Every Friday Night HOME DAIRY "All the Fish You Wish' FISH FRY PERCH or BLUE WATER FILLETS $fl19 Dinner Includes Shoestring Potatoes, Tartar Sauce, Coleslaw, Roll, Butter Coffee CHILD'S PORTION 89c while she was staying at the Carlyle Hotel, he said.

Mrs. Kennedy, however, has adifferent recollection. A spokesman for her says that she "doesn't remember ever receiving Somalian leopard skins as a gift from the Somalian government." Her much-publicized coat did come from a head of state, Mrs. Kennedy's office explained, but she considers it "bad taste" to reveal the name. The coat was already made up when Mrs.

Kennedy received it, her spokesman said, and she therefore "does not recall" the name of the furrier who created it. DIFFICULT COAT Mrs. Kennedy apparently was referring in her statement to a different leopard-skin coat. Ethiopia's Haile Selassie gave her a much less expensive leopard coat during a state visit here in 1963, a year after she started appearing in the coat made by Ben Kahn. All this denial is bound to distress the Somalis.

The embassy here says Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs. Humphrey both received their furs from the same man: Abdirashid Ali Shermarke. He prime minister during the Kennedy Administration. He is now president.

Mrs. Kennedy began wearing her leopard coat in January of 1962. At the time, fashion reporters got the idea somewhere that she had purchased the coat from Ben Kahn for $6,000. The White House never bothered to set the record straight if this was not true. The figure has been reprinted repeatedly through the years and just turned up again in a book about "The Beautiful People" by Marylin Bender of the New York Times.

Actually, David Dix says now, Mrs. Kennedy's coat could not have been bought even then "for less than $25,000 to $30,000. The pelts, Dix said, were the finest available in the world at the time. Mrs. Humphrey's pelts, according to the Somalian embassy here, are of the same quality.

Mrs. Kennedy's enthusiasm for Somalian Leopard made it more prized than sable by women who could afford it. Queen Elizabeth began wearing one. Iran's Empress Farah Diba dazzled her subjects when she appeared in public wearing a Somalian leopard coat accessorized with a matching hat, muff and leggings. Somalian Leopard prices have soared.

Evan an "ordinary" coat now costs between $12,000 and $20,000. Conservationists have been protesting that the fashion endorsement of women like Mrs. Kennedy has created such a demand for Somalian leopard that the species is in danger of becoming extinct. Hosts were their three children, Jeff 21, Barbara 18, and David 15. Guests were 12 couples, all close friends of the family.

Jeff gave a beautiful "Silver Dollar" toast to his parents. Jeff is the fourth generation of Kositcheks to work in the family business, a men's and boys' clothing store. It was founded by Henry Kositchek, father if Louis Kositchek. grandfather of Richard Kositchek and great-grandfather of Jeffrey. It will mark its 102nd birthday in October of this year.

Golden anniversary bells will ring out this weekend in Titusville, for Mr. and Mrs. By MAXINE CHESHIRE The Washington Post WASHINGTON Perhaps it sounds feline for me to mention it now, but after a silence of six years, an African diplomat appears to have let the cat out of the bag. Somalia's charge d'affaire in Washington, Yusuf O. Azhari.

says his government in 1962 gave $30,000 worth of leopard skins which Jacqueline Kennedy had fashioned into a double-breasted coat that became an international status symbol. Mrs. Kennedy denies any knowledge of any such gift. But the furs become significant now because Somalia has just made the same generous gesture to Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey's wife Muriel.

But Mrs. Humphrey will be lucky if Uncle Sam lets her get close enough to her furs to stroke them once in a while for luck. THINGS HAVE CHANGED Things have changed since Mrs. Kennedy was First Lady. Congress passed a law on Oct.

26, 1966. prohibiting U.S. officials and their wives from accepting such personalized presents from foreign countries if the items cost more than $50. Mrs. Humphrey's furs have' been turned over to the State Department, along with all other valuables given to her during the recent African tour she made with her husband.

Included are the much publicized uncut diamond from the Congo's President Mobutu and an ornate gold necklace from Ethiopia's Haile Selassie. There is a chance that her husband may eventually be allowed to display the spotted jungle cat skins on his office walls or even carpet his reception rooms with the pelts in an exotic Tarzan decor. But Mrs. Humphrey can forget about emulating Jacqueline Kennedy. "I suppose the State Department could, under the existing law, permit Mrs.

Humphrey to have a coat made that she would wear while he is in office," says protocol chief James Symington. "But it would be the country's coat, not hers, and she would have to leave it behind and we would have a hand-me-down coat on our hands that the next vice president wife might not want to wear under the circumstances. Mrs. Humphrey couldn't take it with her." NEW YORK RUMOR There was a rumor in New York earlier this week that someone on the vice president's staff had already contacted furrier Ben Kahn just in case the State Department can find some way to stretch the regulations. But Mrs.

Humphrey's office denies that any such preliminary took place. Kahn is the same high-fashion stylist who constructed Mrs. Kennedy's coat. Kahn is on vacation. But his business partner, David Dix, told the Washington Post this week that Mrs.

Kennedy's coat was made in their workrooms in 1962. The job was a rush order, turned out in just five days because Mrs. Kennedy was in a hurry to wear it. Fittings in the canvas pattern were made CAFETERIA 2nd Floor OPEN: Mon. thru Fri.

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Helping them celebrate at a family dinner party will be their son-in-law and daughter, Ronald and Betty Hoffman, and two sons and daughters-in-law from Lansing. They are Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Messenger and Mr. and Mrs.

Howard Messenger, who will fly down Friday for a surprise visit. CAM DA Croup to Ski in Utah in February A ski vacation in Utah is on the calendar for three local rouples late in February. They are Dr. and Mrs. T.

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and Mrs. Edmond Hagan who will join 200 other doctors and dentists and their wives for a week of skiing at Salt Lake City and Alia. The international medical-dental group which is meeting for an annual convention is CAMDA which stands for "Canadian American Medical Dental Association." All three local couples are ski enthusiasts. Dr. and Mrs.

Philip Baldino are also ski enthusiasts who frrfiirnl the slopes at Boyne Mountain and the Highlands and are planning a ski vacation out west in February. The Baldinos are among the couples flying to Aspen with the group organized by "Friends of the Lansing Ski Club," spearheaded by John G. Goodell and Carl Fliessbach. They leave Feb. 2 for eight days.

The Elmer J. Mansons are skiing this weekend with fellow members of the Manson, Jackson and Kane architectural firm, their wives and children. The company ski-in has become a popular annual custom. Col. Bropau and Family Arrive in (Germany The Tyler Brogans have returned to their Forest Hills.

Okc-mos home, following a month's visit with their son, Col. Thomas W. Brogan and family in Tampa, Fla. Col. Brogan, his wife, Eleanore, and their children.

Lisa and Tim. arrived this week in Gelnhausen. Germany, where Col. Rrogan has been assigned the command of the Third Armored Division's Infantry Battalion. For the past two years Co.

Brogan has been stationed in the intelligence division of the United Slates Strike Command at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa. The senior Brogans report that their son served 13 months in Vietnam preceding Strike Command assignment and was decorated seven times for gallantry and bravery. The new assignment is Col. Brogan's second tour of duty in Germanv. He is a graduate of Michigan State University where he was affiliated with Lambda Chi fraternity.

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Don't forget to include among your safety accessories an eyecup and a bottle of boric acid solution, a great help in case of cinders and dirt. Don't try driving in an open car on a sunny day unless you put on a hat with a soft brim. Don't wear pumps or high-heeled shoes while driving. They're decidedly unsafe. The above list first appeared in a motor magazine dated March 2, 1917.

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