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Nixon walked into his office on his 60th birthday and discovered a magnificent bouquet of 60 red roses from his staff. "Sixty of them," he said later in admiration. "Do you know how much roses cost?" When one of the helicopter pilots who had helped fly him all over the world retired and took a job with IBM, Nixon's parting words were: "Well, good luck, get a stock option." The President's small coterie of social friends literally numbers a majority of millionaires. Nixon is not in the same financial league as his pals, but certainly...
...terror bombing of North Vietnam. While Congress, the Press, and the American people were gagging on their Christmas turkeys, the President took in the Florida sun--happy as a clam, it seemed, and certainly no more talkative. Nixon's first public statement after the terror bombing came in a 60th birthday interview with the wire service reporters. With Bach Mai hospital in ruins, the President offered the world advice on how to relieve boredom (talk to young people) and specified which birthday presents he finds useful (ties...
...peace," in November. Nixon used this same device to boost his candidacy for re-election. Six weeks later, he justified his political terror bombing of the North by citing the "overwhelming mandate" given him by the American people on November 6. Then, in an Associated Press interview on his 60th birthday, Nixon expressed "disappointment" that his decision to carpet-bomb the North had engendered opposition...
GEMINI; Erroll Garner (London, $5.98). In his 60th or so LP, Jazz Pianist Garner sounds fresher and more original than he has in years. Standards like How High the Moon and It Could Happen to You comprise the usual teasing introduction and pleasing acquaintanceship. Two Afro-Latin originals, Gemini and Eldorado, burst with exhilarating improvisation...
...Vincent Learson, chairman and chief executive of the corporation for only 15 months, chose his 60th birthday to announce that he will retire next Jan. 1. He will be replaced by Frank T. Gary, 51, now IBM's president. Learson's departure, in fact, is little more than a routine management turnover. Back in 1966, when he became president, he expressed his intention of stepping down at 60. Learson will leave the corporation in brimming health; IBM's first-half net income rose 22%, to a record $618 million, on record revenues of $4.7 billion...