by John Norris
Johnson, Lady Bird, 90
Johnson, Lyndon B., 39, 49, 81–93, 96, 104, 127, 163, 209, 240
civil rights and, 89–90
Eugene McCarthy and, 86–87, 100, 101, 103–5, 107, 112, 113, 117
first major press conference of, 81–82
Humphrey and, 87, 88
JFK and, 45–47, 81, 91–92
JFK’s assassination and, 72, 73
McGrory flirted with by, 90–93
McGrory’s 1953 profile of, 17
presidency assumed by, 72, 81
in presidential election of 1964, 84–90, 93
in presidential election of 1968, 100–104, 108, 112, 113
presidential election withdrawal of, 117–18
RFK and, 84–88, 96, 99, 100, 102, 108
Star staff invited to White House by, 93–94
Vietnam and, 96, 100–102, 105, 107, 113, 119, 128, 280
Jones, James, 207
Jones, Paula, 260
Justice Department, 60, 67, 82, 83, 238
Kalb, Bernard, 155
Kamen, Al, 238, 243, 284, 288
Kauffmann, John, 141
Kauffmann family (Star owners), 13
Kefauver, Estes, 22–26, 29–30, 128, 258
Kennedy, Anthony, 275
Kennedy, Caroline, 52, 54, 75, 77
Kennedy, Edward M. “Ted,” 42, 123, 140, 148, 185, 188, 190, 235, 244–46, 288
Chappaquiddick and, 148, 187–88, 235
at event honoring McGrory with Fourth Estate Award, 264
in presidential election of 1980, 187–90
Kennedy, Ethel, 60–61, 75, 79, 81, 114, 121, 140, 268
Kennedy, Jacqueline, see Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedy, John F., 24, 26–29, 53–64, 66, 68–70, 72, 97, 104, 105, 114, 119, 185, 215, 223
assassination of, 72–76, 78–80, 81, 83, 84, 86, 95, 96, 104, 203, 275
Bay of Pigs invasion and, 56, 79
Bentsen’s remark to Quayle on, 224
Berlin crisis and, 61
Cuban missile crisis and, 64, 66, 68
elected president, 52
Eugene McCarthy and, 86
extramarital affairs of, 55
first overseas trip as president, 56–58
funeral of, 76–79, 83
Goldwater and, 71
Johnson and, 45–47, 81, 91–92
Khrushchev and, 58, 61
McGrory’s “anniversary” interview with, 62–63
McGrory’s column on funeral of, 76–79, 159, 168, 264
Nixon and, 49, 50
presidential campaign of, 39–52
presidential inauguration of, 53
Kennedy, John F., Jr., 54, 75, 77, 83
Kennedy, Joseph, 26, 52, 56
Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby,” 32–33, 44, 47, 55, 59–61, 75, 79, 81–83, 93, 96, 100–105, 127, 185, 223
assassination of, 121–24
at Democratic National Convention, 87–88
Eugene McCarthy and, 86–87, 100–102, 112–14, 120–21, 129
funeral of, 122–23
JFK’s assassination and, 72, 73, 78, 79, 83, 84, 96
Johnson and, 84–88, 96, 99, 100, 102, 108
King’s assassination and, 119
presidential campaign of, 102–4, 108–9, 112, 114, 118–21, 125
St. Ann’s orphans and, 67–68, 79–80, 170
Saint Patrick’s Day speech of, 84
Vietnam and, 96, 100–103, 109
Kenworthy, Ned, 206
Kenworthy, Tom, 198–99
Kerry, John, 211–12
Khrushchev, Nikita, 34, 58, 61
Kilpatrick, James J., 128, 212–13
King, John, 101
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 70, 127
assassination of, 118–19, 122
funeral of, 118, 146
King, Peter, 290
Kirby, Gerry, 19
Kissinger, Henry, 135–38, 147, 181, 265, 276
meeting between war protestors and, 136–37
Klein, Herb, 30, 64–65, 141
Kleindienst, Richard, 155
Ku Klux Klan, 70
Kuwait, 231–32
Lake, Anthony, 163
Laxalt, Paul, 275
Lebanon, 220
Lee, Robert E., 89–90
Lehrer, Jim, 280
Lennon, John, 99
Lewinsky, Monica, 261, 263
Lewis, Anthony, 16, 18, 89, 184
liberation theology, 184
Lieberman, Joe, 274
Limbaugh, Rush, 249, 252–53
Lincoln, Abraham, 14
Lippmann, Walter, 6, 35
Lisagor, Peter, 70
Livingston, Bob, 263–64
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 27–28, 71, 84
Look, 39
Los Angeles Herald Examiner, 179
Lowell, Robert, 106, 113, 120, 122, 126
Luxenberg, Steve, 276, 281, 281–282
Ma, Yo-Yo, 276
Maas, Peter, 79–80
Making of the President 1960, The (White), 45, 51
Manchester Union Leader, 148
Mankiewicz, Frank, 123, 148, 151
Mansfield, Mike, 82
March on Washington, 70
Markey, Ed, 246
Markley, Rita, 68, 170–72
Martin, Dean, 41
Mayberry, Catherine, 187
McCain, John, 273
McCarthy, Abigail, 113, 116, 121
McCarthy, Eugene, 32, 46–47, 85–88, 96, 100–101, 108, 128, 129, 133, 147, 223, 236, 239, 264, 286
Clark as campaign chairman for, 106–7, 108, 111–13, 116, 118–22
Johnson and, 86–87, 100, 101, 103–5, 107, 112, 113, 117
King’s assassination and, 118–19, 122
McGrory’s relationship with, 111–12, 115–17, 129, 132
McLaughlin and, 116
presidential campaign of, 100–107, 108, 110–22, 124–29, 152
RFK and, 86–87, 100–102, 112–14, 120–21, 129
RFK’s assassination and, 121–22
Vietnam and, 96, 101, 105, 108, 116, 133, 147
McCarthy, Joseph, 2, 30, 132, 270, 271, 278
Army-McCarthy hearings, 2–7, 17, 36, 158, 159, 234, 271
McClendon, Sarah, 34
McCullough, David, 245
McGill, William, 167
McGovern, George, 125, 148–52, 287
McGrory, Brian (cousin), 23, 163, 257–58, 267, 273, 276, 277, 281–82, 286, 289
McGrory, Edward (father), 8, 9, 28, 215
death of, 11
McGrory, John (brother), 190
McGrory, Mary:
awards received by, 217–18, 251–52, 264–67, 280–81, 289
background of, 8–10, 13, 40
“bearers” for, 23, 24
beginning of journalism career of, 12
birth of, 8
book offers received by, 36–37
Catholicism of, 12, 15, 40, 46, 61, 173, 183–85
childhood of, 8–10
Colby College speech of, 218
cooking of, 33
congressional coverage, 31–32
daily routine of, 201
death of, 291
education of, 10–11, 23, 76–77
‘exit snarling’ column by, 65–66
feminism and, 23, 143–45, 151, 214, 239, 241
foot operation of, 220
funeral arrangements dictated by, 276–77
garden column of, 162–63, 206
half-German heritage of, 9, 10, 46, 86, 247
headstone of, 281, 291
Italy vacations of, 18–19, 102, 206, 262–63, 277
Kennedy funeral columns by 72–80
mail received by, 4–5, 132, 138, 154, 156, 157, 167, 207, 218, 278–79, 281–82, 284–86
parties of, 32–34, 140
prodigious output of, 268
profiles of, 35–37, 169
romantic relationships of, 1, 11, 15, 19–21, 27, 29, 36, 38–39, 54, 58–59, 89, 97–99, 115–17, 129–30, 132, 190, 203–4
single life of, 130, 215, 217, 239, 269
smoking quit by, 227, 269
strokes suffered by, 281–82, 285–90
syndication of column of, 35, 37, 38
tax audits of, 147–48, 156
tributes received by, 289–90
volunteerism and charitable contributions of, 147–48, 206, 250, 255–56; see also St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home
writing style of, 159–60
McGrory, Mary Catherine (mother), 8–11, 13, 19, 68, 214
death of, 139
McGrory, Polly (niece), 97, 98, 117, 140
McGrory, Ted (nephew), 140, 286
McIlwain, William F., 194–96
McKelway, John, 156–58, 264, 269
McKenna, Steven, 238
McKinney, Joan, 226
McLaughlin, John, 212
McLaughlin, Marya, 116
McLellan, Diana, 166
McNamara, Robert, 72
Matthews, Chris, 248
Meese, Ed, 198, 208
Meet the Press, 254
McGrory on, 270
Miller, Ernie, 191–92, 277
Minot, George, 12, 34–35
Mitchell, Andrea, 191
Mitchell, John, 150
Mixner, David, 116, 122, 124, 134–35, 185
in meeting with Ehrlichman, 132–34
in meeting with Kissinger, 136–37
Mondale, Walter F. “Fritz,” 179, 209–10, 213–15
Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam, 134–35
Morgan, Edward, 40, 138
Moyers, Bill, 86–87
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 69, 74, 95
Ms., 169
Mudd, Roger, 5, 31, 188, 264
Munro, J. Richard, 194–95
Murphy, Josephine, 184, 229–31, 254, 255, 290
Murrow, Edward R., 7
Muskie, Ed, 148
Nashua Telegraph, 188
National Press Club, 34, 179, 264–67
National Public Radio, 201
National Women’s Political Caucus, 143
Neeson, Liam, 248
Newman, Paul, 155, 248
Newsweek, 37, 111, 180, 208
New York Daily News, 196, 253
New Yorker, 270
New York Herald Tribune, 35
New York Post, 88, 97, 98, 169
New York Times, 35, 36, 38, 144, 158, 201, 206, 220, 236, 248, 260
Pentagon Papers and, 146
Reston’s offer to McGrory to work at, 17–18
New York Times Book Review, 12–13
Nicaragua, 219–21
Nixon, Richard, 30, 39, 41, 85, 92, 99, 131–32, 141, 142, 145–46, 149, 151, 153, 154–63, 173, 197, 211, 212, 240, 271, 279
in California gubernatorial election, 64–67
elected president, 128–29
enemies list of, 146–48, 155–58, 168, 226, 251, 264
first press conference of, 131
Ford’s pardoning of, 163
Gridiron Club and, 226
Kennedy and, 49, 50
at King’s funeral, 118, 146
and McGrory’s column on crime, 131, 142
McGrory’s “exit snarling” column on, 65, 67, 100, 159
Pentagon Papers and, 146
in presidential election of 1960, 48–52
in presidential election of 1968, 99–100, 105–6, 109–10, 124, 128
in presidential election of 1972, 146, 148, 150–52
presidential inauguration of, 131
reelection of, 154, 173
resignation of, 161, 164
at Star owners’ lunches, 105–6, 141–42
Vietnam and, 110, 132, 133, 135, 137, 143, 152
Watergate and, 149–50, 154–55, 158–60
White House tapes and, 158, 160
Nolan, Martin, 86
North, Oliver L., 219–21, 243, 283
Northern Ireland, 205, 246–48, 290
Novak, Robert, 148–49
Noyes, Beppie, 234–35
Noyes, Crosby S. (brother of Newbold), 24–25
Noyes, Crosby S. (great-grandfather of Newbold), 13–14
Noyes, Newbold “Newby,” 1–5, 16–18, 22, 24, 35, 37–38, 68, 73, 94, 138–39, 141, 142, 164, 193, 198, 234–35, 266
death of, 266, 269
retirement of, 165
Noyes, Tommy, 16, 24, 93, 105, 113–14, 229
Noyes family, 13, 16
nuclear weapons, 69, 208
antinuclear movement, 207–9, 216–17
Soviet Union and, 208–9, 215–16
Oates, Marylouise, 134
O’Brien, Larry, 72, 82
O’Connor, Brian, 256
O’Donnell, Kenny, 53, 62, 72, 74, 104–5
Oklahoma City bombing, 252, 253
Oliphant, Pat, 167
Oliphant, Tom, 7
Olympic Games, 150–51
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 50, 52, 56, 81, 83, 93, 168
JFK’s assassination and, 72, 73, 75, 77–79, 83
O’Neill, Mike, 196
O’Neill, Owen, 84
O’Neill, Thomas, 246
O’Neill, Tip, 180, 192, 219
in commercials, 219
death of, 246
Operation Desert Storm, 231–32
O’Rourke, Larry, 226
O’Sullivan, John, 132–34
Palestine Liberation Organization, 150–51
Patriot Act, 280
Paul VI, Pope, 183, 185
Pentagon Papers, 146
Peretz, Marty, 111–12
Perot, Ross, 239–42
Philip, Prince, 78
Poindexter, John, 220
Poland, 228
Powell, Colin, 232, 283–85
Powers, Dave, 72
Powers, William, 263
presidential elections:
of 1956, 22–30
of 1960, 39–52
of 1964, 84–93
of 1968, 108–29
of 1972, 146, 148–53, 173
of 1976, 172–76
of 1980, 187–90
of 1984, 213–15
of 1988, 221–25
of 1992, 235–42
of 1996, 257–59
of 2000, 271–75
Pulitzer Prize, 7, 18, 23, 66, 79, 202
McGrory’s winning of, 167–69
Purdum, Todd, 162
Pyle, Ernie, 37
Quayle, Dan, 223–24
Quindlen, Anna, 289
Quinn, Sally, 166
Rabin, Yitzhak, 253
Radcliffe College, 11
Ramsbotham, Peter, 179
Rather, Dan, 23
Reagan, Nancy, 189, 229
Reagan, Ronald, 100, 110, 173–76, 191–92, 198, 201, 203, 207–16, 218, 224, 226, 227, 240, 246
Alzheimer’s Disease of, 219
assassination attempt on, 192
charitable contributions of, 205–6
elected president, 190
Iran-contra scandal and, 219–21
McGrory’s description of, 209
in presidential election of 1980, 188–90
in presidential election of 1984, 213–15, 221
press conferences of, 205–6, 209
reelection of, 215
Soviet Union and, 210, 214, 216
Redford, Robert, 167
Reedy, George, 90
Reluctant Hussy (Burke), 13
Republican National Conventions:
of 1964, 85
of 1968, 124
of 1976, 175–76
of 1992, 240–41
of 2000, 274
Reston, James “Scotty,” 17–18, 35, 36, 58, 169
Ribicoff, Abe, 125
Rispoli, Vito, 19–21
Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award in Journalism, 251
Roberts, Cokie, 98, 145, 200
Robertson, Nan, 34
Robertson, Pat, 222
Rockefeller, Nelson, 41, 71, 84, 110
Rodino, Peter, 161
Roe v. Wade, 176
Rollins, Ed, 210
Romero, Oscar, 256
Romney, George, 71, 100, 109–10
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 66, 251
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 82, 244, 251–52
Roosevelt, Theodore, 244
Rostropowicz (Clark), Joanna, 98–99, 106, 269
Rubin, Jamie, 248
Russert, Tim, 254, 258–59, 263, 270
Sadat, Anwar, 185
Saddam Hussein, 231–32, 283, 284
Safire, William, 147
St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home, 15–16, 29, 36, 67, 97, 98, 130, 147–48, 169–72, 184, 204, 229–30, 250, 268
Clintons and, 254–55
Mary Gloria Room at, 255–56
McGrory’s stroke and, 290
RFK and, 67–68, 79–80, 170
White House Christmas celebration and, 254–55
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 168
Saint Patrick’s Day, 84, 247–48, 285
St. Petersburg Times, 277
Sakharov, Andrei, 216
Salinger, Pierre, 51
Salvation Army, 191–92
Sandbrook, Dominic, 116
Saturday Evening Post, 36
Scalia, Antonin, 275
Schiff, Dorothy, 88, 97
Schine, David, 6
Schlesinger, Arthur, 276
School of the Americas, 256
Schorr, Daniel, 146, 155
Schumacher, David, 121
Seagraves, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, 251
Seigenthaler, John, 55, 60, 103–4, 114, 123
September 11 attacks, 277–81, 284
Sevareid, Eric, 25
Shannon, Elizabeth, 9, 91, 144–45, 188
Shannon, William, 144–45, 181
Shaw, Bernard, 224
Shays, Chris, 262
Shepley, James, 179–81, 186, 193
Shields, Mark, 8–9, 33, 229, 289
Shultz, George, 222, 241
Shuman, Howard, 5
