NEWS LITE : REAGAN TURNS 88 AT HOME IN L.A.Former President Ronald Reagan was to spend his 88th birthday on Saturday quietly, at home with his wife. No formal celebration was planned at the Bel-Air residence  This article is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . for Reagan, who has Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (ăls`hī'mərz, ôls–), degenerative disease of nerve cells in the cerebral cortex that leads to atrophy of the brain and senile dementia. and has been absent at recent birthday events attended by his wife, Nancy. On Saturday, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. offered birthday cake to visitors and invited them to sign an oversized o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. card for Reagan. Also, the hotel where then-President Reagan stayed when away from the White House - the Westin Century Plaza Hotel The Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles is a landmark 19-story luxury hotel forming a sweeping crescent design fronting the spectacular fountains on Avenue of the Stars adjacent to the twin Century Plaza Towers. & Tower - unveiled a $5,400-a-night Ronald Reagan Suite featuring presidential photographs and memorabilia. Another baby for British royals Princess Margaret's daughter, Lady Sarah Chatto The Lady Sarah Frances Elizabeth Chatto, née Armstrong-Jones, (born 1 May 1964) is the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Snowdon and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, the second daughter of George VI and Queen Elizabeth). , has given birth to a boy, Kensington Palace announced Saturday. ``Both mother and baby are doing well,'' said a palace spokesman, speaking with customary anonymity. The baby, 15th in line to the throne, was born Friday night at London's Portland Hospital The Portland Hospital for Women and Children, usually referred to simply as the Portland Hospital, is a hospital in Great Portland Street in central London, England. . He has not yet been named. He is the second son of Lady Sarah and her husband, Daniel. Samuel, their first child, is 2 years old. Lady Sarah is the daughter of photographer Lord Snowdon and Princess Margaret, the sister of Queen Elizabeth II. OVERHEARD ``If all those ladies had some good points that I didn't have, I hope I had the sense to learn by it.'' - LADY BIRD JOHNSON In response to a question in a 1974 interview about her husband's infidelities. The former first lady's quote is in the latest People magazine. Gov. Ventura spars with humorist hu·mor·ist n. 1. A person with a good sense of humor. 2. A performer or writer of humorous material. humorist Noun a person who speaks or writes in a humorous way A book titled ``Me'' has Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura asking: What about me? Garrison Keillor, host of public radio's ``A Prairie Home Companion,'' wrote the book, a political satire based loosely on Ventura's election. Keillor said the book is a ``rather genial novel, not mean at all.'' But Ventura, the former pro wrestler who won election as a third-party candidate in November, said that ``writing a book based upon me, without my permission, without any of my involvement'' amounts to ``cheating.'' Tension already exists between Keillor and Ventura. In a Time magazine essay after the election, Keillor called the governor ``this great big, honking, bullet-headed, shovel-faced mutha who talks in a steroid growl and doesn't stop.'' Last week, Ventura proposed gradually eliminating state money for public radio and television. And on Monday, he singled out Keillor's income for criticism. ``I'd like to see his W-2,'' Ventura said. Keillor said he is sorry to hear the governor is steamed. ``A Minnesota humorist would be crazy to ignore Mr. Ventura,'' Keillor said. ``He is the best show in town. Every 10-year-old in Minnesota does a Jesse imitation.'' `Petticoat' co-star on mend at home ``Petticoat Junction'' co-star Meredith MacRae is out of the hospital recuperating at home after brain surgery. ``She's in great spirits and glad to be home,'' her publicist, Sandy Pollock, said Friday. MacRae, 53, had a tumor removed from the right side of her brain Jan. 28 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a world-renowned hospital located in Los Angeles, California. History Cedars-Sinai is the result of a merger in 1961 between two major Los Angeles hospitals, Cedars of Lebanon and Mount Sinai Home for the Incurables, with Steve Broidy as . She was released late Thursday. Poodle skirts, bobby socks mark reunion Even after 40 years, the music keeps them coming back to Clear Lake, Iowa Clear Lake is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States. The population was 8,161 at the 2000 census. The city is named for the large lake on which it is located. It is the home of a number of marinas, state parks and tourism-related businesses. . ``We're celebrating rock 'n' roll rock 'n' roll: see rock music. ,'' said Barbara Rau, a legal secretary from Hawthorne, N.J., who has made a tradition of spending early February at a northern Iowa dance hall made famous by fate. ``It's all the music, but mainly, of course, we come for Buddy Holly.'' Rau was among more than 2,000 fans who packed into the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake on Saturday to dance to '50 tunes and remember three rising rock 'n' roll stars who played their last concert there. Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. ``The Big Bopper'' Richardson died Feb. 3, 1959, just after performing at the Surf. They took off from the Mason City airport in the middle of a snowstorm and their four-seater plane crashed in a cornfield about five miles north of Clear Lake. In 1979, the Surf held a weekend tribute near the time of the crash. It has grown into an annual party capped by a concert that sells out months in advance. Rau, 50, said she has made friends at the tribute from as far away as Australia, and they meet in Clear Lake every year. ``This way, it's one big meeting point, and we all get together, and we all go out,'' she said. ``It's kind of like a family reunion.'' Women who were teen-agers when the singers died may be grandmothers now, but they still wore poodle skirts and bobby socks Saturday. And scarves were all the rage General Public's All the Rage was released in 1984 by I.R.S. Records. Track listing
The crowd danced and reminisced to the tunes of the Crickets, Holly's back-up band; Bobby Vee; and other '50s stars. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy and Rick Quist from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 4 Photos PHOTO (1) REAGAN (2) Harold, left, and Carol Geist dance at the Surf Ballroom on Saturday. Associated Press (3) KEILLOR (4) no caption (President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson) |
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