Word: augusta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Herter's first year began somewhat awkwardly. Informed by Ike that he had been chosen to succeed Dulles, Herter quickly had the head-to-toe physical examination requested by the President, was embarrassed when the appointment was delayed while the results (satisfactory) were flown to vacationing Eisenhower in Augusta...
Predicting the winner of a major golf tournament is about as easy as scoring a hole in one. But before the 1960 Masters tournament at Augusta got under way, husky Arnold Palmer, 30, of Latrobe, Pa., was solidly established as the favorite.' Palmer had already won four tournaments this year. He had always played well in the Masters, winning in 1958 and finishing third last year. And the rambling (6,980 yds.) Augusta National Golf course seemed made to order for his long-hitting game. Said one pro: "On other courses a puffball hitter can get hot, but here...
...Jewel." Meanwhile, the President made himself at home in Washington. Minutes after landing from Augusta, he turned up at the Mayflower Hotel, where Senate Republican Minority Leader Everett Dirksen was celebrating his 64th birthday. "By golly," pealed Dirksen as he and Democrat Lyndon Johnson greeted Ike, "you're a jewel to come...
Through the cold, predawn darkness of Washington one day last week, a small group of high U.S. officials known informally as the "Committee of Principals" drove to the Military Air Transport Service terminal. There they boarded a silver Douglas C-118, took off for Augusta, Ga. to keep an 8:30 a.m. appointment with the President. Within three days the U.S.'s self-imposed, 14-month suspension of nuclear tests was due to expire on its deadline of midnight Dec. 31. The urgent question to be decided that morning: Should the U.S., or should it not, renew the nuclear...
...Doubts. The President's advisers carried with them to Augusta new evidence to reinforce their conclusions. It was the latest 41-page report on technical discussions among the U.S., British and Russian scientists at Geneva on the feasibility of checking underground test shots...