Vice President Richard Nixon, the Rose Parade grand marshal, with Rose Queen Margarethe Bertelson and her court at Wrigley mansion.

Hedda Hopper profiles astrologer Blanca Holmes, who notes that in 1960, Saturn will conjunct Jupiter in Capricorn. "It has been axiomatic in astrological circles to note that no president going into office under the shadow of this conjunction when in earth signs ever lives through his elected term of office," Holmes says. 

Athletes Dixie Griffin and Gloria Griffin (they’re not related) advocate a greater emphasis on women’s track and field events. Dixie Griffin "believes the stumbling block to placing track and field on a par with other sports, such as swimming and tennis, is the feeling among public school educators and the public itself that such activities are 'unfeminine' and too competitive.