The Nation: A June Wedding in the White House

"I'VE encouraged her to elope," White House Press Aide Connie Stuart confided two months back. No such luck. The announcement was leaked in advance, but when President Nixon went before the St. Patrick's Eve crowd of 300 in the East Room he insisted: "Until I say it, it's not official." So he said it: "Mrs. Nixon and I are very honored to announce the engagement of our daughter Tricia to Edward Cox of New York." Petite and elegant in a low-cut white gown bordered with ostrich feathers, Tricia led her fiancé onto the stage to warm applause. She outshone everybody that...