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Rockefeller (Continued from page 3) v. X - , 'V"'" M V '-v v.'-4 J A Milkmaid and oalvs flgurln fyr -fl-'i- mad In Copenhagen, Denmark. t ,;' '- rCT . Bavarian Creme Torte made y b, you .nd P,M.bury. ZLli'. a Princeton student stood by his convictions despite the criticism he received in the school's newspaper for a speech he had delivered on the Hungarian revolt. Whatever preferences Tod or the children may have had, the family became even more involved in pol itics after its return to New York than it had been in Washington. In 1958, Rockefeller won a rousing vic tory in his campaign for governor of New York, and that was a year when Republicans elsewhere were roundly defeated. Tod, who had hoped that the re turn to New York would mark the end of formal hostessing, found her self in the vote-getting fray. "We have always tried as a family to pro tect ourselves from publicity," Tod told a newsman when the race for governor of New York was in full swing. "But now all that has changed. Therefore, we now do it differently. I've gotten used to flash bulbs pop ping and cameras closing in when ever Mr. Rockefeller is around." Playing the part of Governor's Lady did not come naturally to Tod. Then, suddenly, the play was over. The last time she was photographed with the Governor was on March 8, 1961, the night their mansion burned. DURING the period when the man sion was being rebuilt, Albany saw little of her. She spent most of her time .in Philadelphia with her ailing mother. Then, with the immi nent opening of the reconstructed governor's home, came the announce ment that the First Lady of New York would not be coming back to live there. As far back as December, 1961, vague hints and rumors circulated about the Governor's romance with Margaretta Fitler Murphy, the wife of Dr. James Murphy, a micro biologist and research assistant connected with the Rockefeller Institute. The Murphys had four children, James, 12; Margaret, 10; Carol 7; and Malinda, 3, and were neighbors of the Rockefellers at Tarrytown, N.Y., and Seal Har bor, Maine. She had been a volun teer campaign worker in Nelson's gubernatorial race and later be came a paid member of the Gov ernor's office staff. She resigned in May, 1961, and just two years later on May 4, 1963 she married her "boss." "Nelson has always been a realist," says one of his friends. "His turning romantic about Mrs. Murphy sur prised everybody." The days of loneliness were over for Rockefeller. But ahead was the problem of facing the possible pol itical consequences springing from the fact that the 54-year-old Gover nor and his 36-year-old bride pre viously have been married and di vorced. No divorced person ever has been elected President, and only one, Adlai Stevenson, ever has won a ma jor party's Presidential nomination. Two who achieved the White House Andrew Jackson and Warren G. Harding did marry divorcees, but neither had been divorced himself. Some political observers believe that the question of whether the Murphy children live with their mother and the Governor can well determine Rockefeller's political fu ture. (He has enlarged his Manhat- 4 Family Weekly. December S. 1963 ems, drei, J ..what four-layer goodie have we here? Bavarian Creme Yellow Torte, that's what. Now Pillsbury brings it to you in mixes. Two new mixes. Wmm i mvanmuenieieumir , t. MOWTCAWi MIX One for the Bavarian Creme Yellow Cake k oavlmanuaneA nam mocntM mm 1 One for the Bavarian Creme Fluffy Frosting Together, they give you this Bavarian Creme-inspired torte; The cake bakes up into two tail and moist layers. So moist, it's easy to slice across for the four layers. The filling is fluffy and full of creamy Continental flavor with plenty to go between the four layers. Beautiful. Different. Yet, Pillsbury makes it all so simple with just two mixes. Bake up one soon. It's a party on a plate. tan apartment to include quarters for young children.) Other observers point out that, despite his divorce, he won re-election last year. They add that a man with an attractive wife has a better chance than one who is wifeless through divorce. Interestingly, Tod herself thought that divorce should not hamper her ex-husband's political career. She contributed $5,000 toward his 1962 campaign fund! NEXT WEEK IN FAMILY WEEKLY Tilt Wmn in Barry Ooldwittr't Lift By Fltra Rktta Sehralbtr SH.nd of a Srtet aa tai Contiadtrt far 14 Pa dujvdzAM . . . Have YOU ever eaves dropped inadvertently on a none-too-flattering conversa tion about yourself? Fifteen minutes ago, while mind ing my own business, I was forced to listen while two of my friends dis cussed me. I have now crawled off to lick my wounds and to meditate on the fact that they wouldn't have written me off so neatly if I weren't guilty of the same fault myself. When you hide your light under a bushel, nobody hurries along with a candle. When you don't toot your own horn a little, life is pretty quiet. When someone gives me a kind word, I make it plain that it's because he has temporarily lost his sanity or because he couldn't think of anything else to say. WHEN someone suggests that oc casionally my writing has merit, I hasten to explain why he's wrong, As a result of my eavesdropping, however, I have decided to assert my self to the extent that my friends, real or simulated, will be so impressed with my assets that they will over look my liabilities. No longer will I reveal that my new dress is my sis ter's old one, that the tasty casserole isn't my recipe, that I'm actually slightly bowlegged and afflicted with an overbite, and that a column which won a contest isn't actually as good as the competition which didn't. From now on, I'm going to be im portant to myself and then, possibly, to others as well. I am not going to remember what I heard behind the door and believe that what I heard was absolutely true. Maybe my friends did me a favor after all. - When you sell yourself short, every body else does, too. Family Weekly, December 1. 1963 S
