The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1965 Page: 2 of 36
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VILLAGE
2519 UNIVERSITY BLVD.
BELLAIRE
5105 BELLAIRE BLVD,
V-’U *' ’ 7 :
Wednesday, August 25, 1965
Ya, Ya, Ya, Our Girl
Sees "Beatles”
BY SUSAN HIGGINS
“What you desire can now be
transformed into reality.”
So said my horoscope for the
19th day of August, but little did
1 know how true it would prove
to be before that ecstatically ex-
citing summer day was over.
The Beatles’ press conference
was not due to begin until 2:30
p.m. on the third floor of the
Sheraton Lincoln in the French
Salon. I had been advised to ar-
rive early so that I might obtain
a good seat and avoid any confus-
ion that would certainly occur
when 2:30 and the Beatles ar-
rived.
So, needless to say, 1 arrived
in amble time, 12:15 to be pre-
cise. As i approached the Sher-
ation, I could not locate (tie en-
trance because of the many girls
standing out front, singing, chant-
ing, and simply being happy to be
near their idols. By some miracle,
I found the revolving door, and I
managed to reach the interior of
the hotel in a fairly safe fashion.
Once inside 1 could only stop
and literally gape. There must
have been a hundred teen-agers
have been a hundred teen-age
girls, all dressed in English Mod
attire, milling about the lobby,
some registering, some sitting,
some chatting in groups, and some
riding repetitiously up and down
the elevator trying in vain to en-
ter the 18th floor, the inner sanc-
tum of the Beatles.
I entered the elevator and rode
to the 18th floor. As soon as the
door began to open, three police-
men stepped forward, stretched
open their arms in a 180 degree
angle and promptly stated no one
was allowed on the Iloor unless
he possessed a key to a room
on this floor. Two girls triump-
hantly left the elevator, flashed
two brown keys and smirked a
bit as I was denied admittance
because no reporters were al-
lowed on that floor. Oh, well,
I thought, at least I’ll see them
at the press conference; so I
pushed the ”3” button.
On the third floor I quickly
learned that the press confer-
ence had been transferred to a
larger room on the second floor.
So 1 trudged hack into the eleva-
tor, pushed “2,” rode for a split
second, and ttien descended into
what was certainly the maddest
and wildest group of people that
I had ever observed.
There were girls who had false
press passes and girls who simply
hoped to get in topresent the Beat-
les with tokens of their affections.
There, Kathy Gurwell (the Tex-
an’s pretty photographer) and I
were pushed and shoved for an
hour until we could work our way
through the crowd, tiave our of-
ficial press passes okayed, and
then go into the conference room,
a businessmen’s conference room
that is attached to the ballroom.
The seats were arranged in three
sections that formed a semi-cir-
cle with the Beatles’ table form-
ing the fourth section so that they
could easily see the interviewers
and photographers.
Kathy and I sat to the Beatles’
right on the third row in thebegin-
ning of the curve of the semi-
circle so that we could see both
the front and the sides of the
Beatles’ faces.
Once everyone was seated, a
man in charge made it clear in
definite terms that if any per-
, son (specifically the girl con-
test winners) even gasped when
the Beatles entered the room,
he would be dragged by his ear
and thrown out. This certainly
solemnified the conference some-
what, and when the Beatles fin-
ally arrived, we girls managed
to control our outbursts to a bare
minimum - a rapid quickening of
the breathing mechanism.
After this kind man had so elo-
SUSAN HIGGINS
Do Beatles do own hair? Yes,
and very well, too.
quently put the conference at ease,
a man by the name of Tony, who
is the Press Public Relations man-
ager with Brian Epstein, came up
to take charge of the Houston Bea-
tles’ Press Conference as he had
done so many times before in so
many other cities. Tony then pro-
ceeded to give some preliminary
information and to answer some
questions.
After five minutes, Brian Ep-
stein arrived wearing a dark suit,
striped shirt, a dark tie, and sun-
glasses. He wears his wavy sandy
hair in a neat, uncluttered style,
and he presents the picture of a
well-dressed , successful execu-
tive.
About ten minutes later, Neil
Aspinal, the Beatles’ road man-
ager, entered and was followed by
four laughing Beatles.
Ringo led the procession of four
wearing a black-and-white checked
jacket and a red-and-white striped
jersey, his dark shiny locks comb-
ed neatly in place; following wa,
John in an off-white “jean” jack-
et, black-and-white striped “T”
shirt, checked pants, and a Len-
non cap, his brown hair, lightest
in color of all the Beatles’, dis-
arranged because of the cap; Geor-
ge came next in blue jeans, an
off-white “jean” jacket, and a
white shirt, his dark brown hair
the longest and least attractive of
all because it was beginning to
“frizz” at the ends; finally there
was Paul in a handsome gray Con-
tinental suit jacket and checked
pants, his dark locks, the most
attractive of all lour, were comb-
ed neatly into place.
All of the Beatles’ hair was am-
azingly clean, and to describe their
physical appearance, I can say that
the Beatles are not short, fat, or
skinny.
Both Paul and John are athlet-
ically built while George and Rin-
go seem to have muscle, but not
an over abundance. Paul had a
dark shadow from not shaving, and
he was the only one who smoked.
During the conference, the Beat-
les joked among themselves and
seemed to be in very good humor;
they seemed to radiate good health
and exuberance.
After the first live minutes,
which were taken up with still
and action cameras flashing all
round us, the questions began.
Here is an actual account of the
questions asked the Beatles and
their responses at the Houston
Press Conference:
BEATLES ENTERED
Q: Ringo, how did you like being
left in the plane?
A: I was terrified.
Q: What do you think of the
great popularity of the Rolling
Stones?
A: We don’t worry about wheth-
er the other groups are more pop-
ular.
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Gurwell, Kate. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1965, newspaper, August 25, 1965; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth521068/m1/2/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.