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I I -1 "7" If 68 Th Boston Sunday Globe April 18, 19W Satellites to Fire Cannon, Marathon Ends at Center a 350-pound bronze plaque cannon belonging to the New- 4:30 p.m. Guests will include displaying a piece of the port, R.I., Artillery Co. was civic, business, educational Rock of Gibraltar the Pru- used during the Boston Audi- religiou, leaders dentials trade mark. tonum dedication last Feb- Rritfch John ruarv. Mnday Vent WlU clos PRUDENTIAL Continued from Page 1 Scheduled to participate in the forum are former British a cultural noie.

ine xew Prim Minister Anthonv Eden N. O. Curie will assist Pru- prior to the "space firing." rt. ill it ii 1 frr 1 IJ i 1 1 it llllpll 1 (i-Mi-innr 111 1 f7-r-r I J' II 3. and United States Ambassa- dential president Beal and pageantry will be in full force York Metropolitan Opera Co.

dor to the United Nations Ad- Thomas Allsopp, senior vice with a parade of state flags will give its first performanct lai Stevenson. president in charge of the and raising of the national the 58oo-seat Boston Audi-Ambassador Henry Cabot Boston northeast home office, colors. torium Lodge was scheduled to par- Sports enters into the pro- Flags of Massachusetts, ticipate in the forum but had gram in the afternoon when Connecticut. New Hampshire. ine noria orum xuesaay to cancel the engagement thousands of spectators will Vermont, Maine and New morning will be telecast on because of Presidential duties greet the winner of the annual York will be presented to live TV.

Each guest will give in the Far East. His son, Marathon. The finish line this Prudential to be flown in ro- a 30-minute statement and George, will substitute for year will be at Prudential and tation and on respective state the athletes win be treated to occasions. The Rnstrm flar anH yj of news personalities. Prudential Insurance Co.

their customary bowl of beef national colors also will be executives from the Newark, stew in the Prudential cafe- presented. The Y-D band will N.J., home office, headed by teria. The winner should perform and the Marine de- Panel moderator is Walter Cronkite of CBS. Panel members are Erwin D. Canham, Pres.

Orville oeai, win come in around p.m. lacnment irom tne U.S.S preside over the dedication. For marathon spectators Boston will serve as color editor-in-chief, Christian Scl ence Monitor; Ralph McGilL Local observers recau an the 30-piece all-girl bagpipe guards, original 1955 announcement can(j( the Saugus Blue Belles Dedication speakers will in-of a $15 million building pro- and the 40-man Marine Drill elude Gov. Volpe, Mayor Col-gram but with a further in- Team from the missile ship lins, Beal and Ernest Hender-vestment in the future Bos- uss Boston will perform on son chairman of the board ton- stretched the Boylston-st. Plaza.

of the Sheraton Corp. of into a $150 million program. Formal dedication by the America. Easter Sunday opening for Prudential Insurance Co. and A Freedom Awards pro- the public is from 1 noo to Sneraton Corp hotd chain wm bg lTVxl Wl11 get under way Monday Awards 'iH be Presented by JrZTrl 3:30 p.nr An audible sig- the National Freedom Foun- publisher of the Atlanta Constitution and Boston Globe columnist; Robert Manning, executive editor, Atlantic Monthly and former assistant secretary of state for public affairs.

At noon, more than 1200 government, business and civic leaders will attend a luncheon and reception in the main ballroom of the Sheraton-Boston. The reception will be preceded by an official opening ceremony for the 1012-room hotel. Allsopp will be master of ceremonies at the luncheon which will also feature a presentation by Mayor Collins of the keys to the city of the future to four Boston voun- Si- v.1 Pnn. nal from Manner IV, now dation on the South Plaza -rrrrr heading toward Mars, will be (Huntington The 130-voice chorus of the 1 a 20f itcd to fire of the New England Conservatory one will nerform. Revolutionary cannons.

tion reception at the Shera- SHRUBBERY CULTIVATED AT HOTEL'S MAIN ENTRANCE (Photo by Herb CapwelL) The six-pounder 1740 vintage ton-Boston main ballroom at The observation deck on the 50th floor will be open to the public for the first time at noon today. At 10 a.m. Monday the dedication will look toward the future of the Boston area a 1. la: viiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiff rviiiiiifirriiiuiiiiiinifiimififif itiiimiifiif uriiif iiiiiiiTin MBTA Station: AUDITORIUM Coinciding with the opening I M.B.T.A. crews have been sters.

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ner a cV- ividerl a briehtlv audio-tapes of radio and TV IJlTII 1,1 Four Seasons," and luncheon. editorial forecasts, and edi- V. The grand dedication ball, tonals relating to Boston 1975 jriuueuu'11 employees or visi- sponsored by the Boston Ju- will be sealed in the wall BaJu50pif.xJ The passageway will lead tors subway entrance nearer nior League to aid the Boston than the one at Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, will be of the lobby entrance of the into Auditorium station, tower building. av. and Boylston st.

neia lor uuu mvitea guests the main ballroom ef the The to be opened formerly Massachusetts av. in 1975, will be covered by iiiiiiiiiiiinilUlllllllllllUllllllllllUIIIllUllUIIIIlllllIililllllllllllllUUUUlflllUIUIllllUllIllumiUIB toteL vt-i 'vi "i 1 I mm' 1 1 ,1 Hi mm 1 nnniMn uMiiiii imwi him 111 trrr i i iIMmih tfr'TH'f PRUDENTIAL MOAT BRUSHED CLEAN BEFORE BEING FILLED WITH WATER Cities-Towns League 1st Convention at Hotel St. 4 err' Gov. Volpe will address the noon luncheon. The paael discussion on mu- message and offer possible a.1 nicipal finances will be mod- ternative suggestions.

Administrators of more than 100 communities Wednesday will attend the first convention to be held at the new On the panel on inter- Guests at the evening ban-governmental relations with quet will be the states eraiea Dy mayor nanei v. Ryan of Springfield. Speaking in support of Gov. Volpe's Senate Pres. Maurice A.

Donahue as chairman will be Rev. Sheraton-Boston Hotel, when program to aid the commu-the Massachusetts League of nities will be Charles E. Shep- constitutional officers and members of the Legislature. The speaker will be Gov. Dennis J.

Roberts of Rhode Cities and Towns conducts its pard, state director of fiscal W. Seavey Joyce of the Metro-fifth anniversary meeting. affairs. politan Area Planning Coun-The one-day program will Sen. George V.

Kenneally, cil; Raymond Dower, repre- Island, during whose term feature panels on municipal chairman of the legislative senting regional schools and Rhode Island has adopted a home rule, municipal fiscal Joint Committee on Taxation, jchool unions, and Dr. Alfred 3-percent limited sales tax needs and solutions and inter- will present the views of his Frechette, speaking for the re- and added home rule amend-governmental relations. committee on the governor's gional public health districts. ments to its state constitution. IT WAS A RUSH TO THE WIRE FOR CHANDELIER-STUDDED HOTEL BALLROOM siniiiiiuiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiEiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiKiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiififiiiiiiTiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiriiftiiiniifiifniiiiifiiififi iiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiimiiiiiiiiim Sheraton Ready It'll Even Cater to Canines pi 5 i I still had one chance, though.

The night before I had put my shoes outside the door to be shined. "Bet they're still there," I guessed. They were gone and since they were the only shoes I had brought with me, I went looking for them. There they were neatly placed in the maid's work quarters. I shall never know whether they meant to shine them or throw them away.

briefly, but referred me to "Room Information." "Room Information" referred me to Public Relations, whom I didn't call. The list by the phone had a number for "Babysitting Services." "I need a babysitter," I told the harried woman who answered. She called the request to another woman, who also sounded harried, but promised to try to "find someone within an hour." Foiled again. By GLORIA NEGRI "I have three dogs arriving shortly. How do you propose to accommodate them?" I demanded of the room clerk.

There was a pause, and then in a polite tone: "Madam, please meet your dogs in the lobby. You must come down and sign for them." Another pause. He was thinking no doubt of the new rugs in the new hotel. "Then, madam," he said, with hardly a blink of an eyelash in his voice, "you must keep the dogs in your room and under your control at all times." I was beginning to feel as devilish as Kay Thompson's Eloise, who spends her time thinking up ways to drive the help at New York's Plaza Hotel crazy. I had checked in one day last week at the new Sheraton-Boston in the Prudential Center to see if I could drive THEM crazy.

It was hard. They don't even open officially until 1 Monday and here they were already able to cope with an impossible woman with three dogs. CABBIE RATTLED If anyone was rattled it was the cab driver who brought me to the hotel. He couldn't get to the entrance, which is on a side street, because there was street excavation going on at the Huntington av. entrance and a "Do Not Enter" sign on the entrance from Boylston st.

I tried to fluster the registration clerk by scribbling my name and giving an incomplete address. He didn't fluster. "Business firm?" he asked. "None," I replied. The bellhop was apologetic.

"We don't all have our uniforms yet. You should see when we try to take some people's bags! They look as if they're ready to call the police." The waitresses in the Persian Room had their uniforms though. Some uniforms! Gossamer pantaloons, just like ladies in a harem. "My, all the bottles look so new," one male customer remarked on his first visit to the Persian Room. 1 "I scrutinized my room on the 17th floor.

I liked it. It had a view of the river. The bellhop left, and I was on the phone to room service. "The cord on one of my bedside lamps doesn't reach the socket," I said. "Yes, I know there are two lamps, but I have to use the one that isn't plugged in because I can only read on that side of the bed." REMOTE CONTROL An electrician was up within minutes to push the bed over and plug in the lamp.

"Ha, a remote control gadget for TV and radio!" I noticed. "Bet it doesn't work!" It did, but the radio wasn't in yet. I was on the phone again. "Room Service. I would like a sliced chicken sandwich and I am hungry." The chicken came practically on wing, It was that fast.

I went for a walk in the corridor. It was very quiet because there weren't many guests but you could hear workmen yelling, "Where are you?" to other workmen. A maid asked me if I had my "roms done" before she done" before she real- I called my friend at Room Service again. "I am having trouble with my income tax," I told him. "Would you have your comptroller come up and help me with my tax forms?" Room Service recovered.

"He Is not here right now, madam, but perhaps within an hour?" Ten minutes later, I called Laundry and Valet Service. "I need my suit pressed." "Our service is not operative until Monday, Madam, but if you take your suit to the lobby perhaps we can take it out for you." Ten minutes more and I needed a masseuse. "Do you have a masseuse in this hotel?" I asked "Health Services." "How do you spell that name," a girl answered, before a man cut in to say that wouldn't be available until Monday. I called my friend Room Service again. "How do you reach It was right there on the pad, but he told me anyway.

I reached 'Tool." "I want to go for a swim," I told the male voice who answered for "Pool." "The pool is not opened yet, Madam," Pool answered. DIRTY WATER "But I saw water in it!" "But, madam, the water is dirty. The purifiers are in it now." I sustained myself that night on a sumptuous meal in the hotel's Falstaff Room. I couldn't even find a bugged olive to complain about. I ate so much, I fell asleep right away in my king-size bed and couldn't make any more calls that night.

MR. INTERPRETER Next morning, though, I called my friend at Room Service. It was a different voice. My friend had probably needed a day off. "I need an interpreter," I told Room Service.

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