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...Eagle's Roost. Even as new names trickled from the White House, the Senate confirmed one of Nixon's less admired appointments: Philadelphia Publisher Walter Annenberg as Ambassador to Britain. A close friend who has played host to the President on his visits to Palm Springs, Annenberg was coldly received by J. William Fulbright, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who told a Washington Post reporter that he was "simply not up to the standards we expect for our premier diplomatic post." Indeed, Annenberg's lack of experience, together with his reputation for ruthlessness, has already...
...Publisher Walter Annenberg (the Philadelphia Inquirer, TV Guide, the Daily Racing Form), 60, will reportedly get the prized job of Ambassador to the Court of St. James's. The London appointment has often gone to a wealthy campaign supporter-to Joseph Kennedy under F.D.R., to John Hay Whitney under Eisenhower-and Annenberg fills that bill precisely. His Triangle Publications has become a $200 million-a-year empire; Annenberg is known in Philadelphia as a tough man to cross. He is an old, trusted friend of Nixon, and the President-elect stayed at his Palm Springs home shortly after...
Nixon is expected to announce soon appointments to several other major posts, including the prestigious Ambassadorship to England. Informed sources have indicated that Walter W. Annenberg, a millionaire publisher, will probably get that appointment, while Kenneth B. Keating, former U.S. Senator from New York and now a state judge, is in line for the Ambassadorship to Israel...
...LESTER ANNENBERG...
...more youthful News, founded in 1925, swore allegiance to the Democratic Party from 1954 to '57, when it belonged to Philadelphia Contractor Matthew McCloskey, longtime treasurer of the Democratic National Committee. In 1957 McCloskey sold it to Annenberg and the paper returned to the Republican fold...