TV Radio Mirror (Jan - Jun 1963)

in the spirit of Christmas and Chanukah. had been moved to quick and decisive action on behalf of love. . . . Perhaps President Kennedy recalled how close he himself had come to not attending his own wedding: The day before he was to marry Jackie, he was out playing football with his brothers (as he faded back to throw a pass, someone cracked, "You're watching Jack's last fling as a bachelor") and crashed into a hedge trying to catch the ball; it was an abashed and mercurochromed groom-to-be who showed up for the ceremony the following day. . . . Perhaps it was just that, as an old Navy man, President Kennedy had a soft spot in his heart for a Marine in trouble. In any event, when J.F.K. decided to play cupid, his arrow pierced through military and governmental red tape with miraculous results. He passed Gloria's letter on to his naval aide for special handling; Pierre Salinger agreed to help expedite the matter; the letter was given to Navy Secretary Fred Korth, along with a White House order to "act expeditiously" to determine whether national security conditions would permit Lance Cpl. Richardson being sent home for the wedding; the investigation was made and the answer, as relayed to Gloria by Paul B. Fay Jr.. was an unequivocal "Yes." And then . . . another obstacle On the night of Sunday, December 16th. Ricky phoned Gloria from North Carolina. Yes, he would be home on Wednesday. Yes, he loved her. Yes. Yes. Yes. On Wednesday night, after hitchhiking all the way from North Carolina, Ricky arrived at the Kassof house. It was time to throw away the calendar: Nothing could stop the wedding now. But on Thursday, when Gloria and Ricky went to the Bronx marriage bureau, they ran into an obstacle that seemed insurmountable. Not the business of his blood-test paper not being filled out right: that was easily straightened out. But the far more serious fact that Ricky's aunt, who had come along with them, could not legally stand in for a living parent. (Being under age. at nineteen. Ricky had to have the "consent" signature of a parent or guardian.) The simple fact of the matter was that his father's signature was required before a marriage license could be issued This "simple fact" was, in actuality, a very complicated one. Ricky had been raised in foster homes. His mother was dead and he had lost contact with his father. No one knew his whereabouts, and. without the elder Richardson's signature, the younger Richardson could not get married. Blanche Kassof, Gloria's mother, kept plunking dimes into a phone in the hall, calling everyone she could think of who might help solve the problem. Meanwhile, as the hours slipped by, Gloria was heartbroken and Ricky did everything he could to comfort her. 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