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Slowly the banner of Africa's 35th new state unfurled to wild cries of "Uhuru!" and the explosion of fireworks. Minutes later, word reached the stadium that a team of climbers had reached the summit of Mount Kenya, planted the new flag and lit flares that illuminated the sacred mountain "like a fireball...
Also on Capitol Hill last week: > The House Republican Policy Committee ended any notion that President Johnson may enjoy an extended legislative honeymoon by issuing a statement which said: "We are united in our grief at the tragic assassination of our 35th President. This unity of grief, however, is not-nor should it be-the seedbed of a unanimity on all of the legislative proposals put forward by our late President. The denial of discussion would do the greatest disservice to his memory, and to the living nation." >House and Senate conferees agreed on a foreign-aid authorization...
...dignified top hat sat squarely upon his head, but beneath it a boyish grin showed that the young man was having the time of his life. On that day-Jan. 20, 1961-John Fitzgerald Kennedy was sworn in as the 35th President of the United States. And when he had taken the oath of office, he stood bareheaded in a bitter winter wind and delivered an inaugural address that crackled with the gusto of youth, yet had an eloquence that was ageless...
...disastrous for the Crimson squad. After finishing second by one point in the Big Three Meet, and second by a close margin in the Hops, Harvard finished incredibly badly in the IC4A meet. Since-departed Ed Hamlin was the first Crimson runner to finish, in 25th place. Meehan was 35th and Crain 102nd, as Villanova's Vic Zwolak and Pat Traynor ran away with the race...
...presence in New York City, however, made nervous wrecks of police and security officials. A couple of anti-Tito Yugoslavs managed to slip into the Waldorf-Astoria and make their way to Tito's 35th floor-where they were promptly arrested. At another point, five pickets ran into three Tito aides; in the scuffle, one of Tito's men ended up with a bruised jaw. And outside the Waldorf, six demonstrators paraded in Halloween skeleton costumes, hauling a chariot bearing skeletons and a whip-cracking man dressed as Tito. Angered, Tito canceled a reception for 1,200 guests...