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With this grim analysis John Foster Dulles flew to Augusta last week to brief President Eisenhower. When their conferences were over, the President personally approved sending Walter Robertson and Arthur Radford to Formosa with a specific, two-point mission: 1) to evaluate, in consultation with Chiang and Nationalist military leaders, the Communists' intentions; and 2) to consider whether it is necessary to reinforce the Formosa garrison with more U.S. strength, chiefly Air Force fighter and Army anti-aircraft units...
...with an easy, overhand toss (see NEWS IN PICTURES), then grabbed his shoulder with his left hand and made a grimace of pain. His bursitis was acting up. Washington Senators Manager Charley Dressen suggested a vibrator, but Ike had a treatment of his own: eight days of golf in Augusta. Curiously enough, his bursitis seems both to be improved by golf and to improve his game. Golf's controlled, smooth motions help the presidential shoulder, and the controlled, smooth motions made necessary by bursitis subdue Ike's tendency to whale the ball, thus help his score...
...next morning, he left aboard the Columbine for a golfer's vacation. On the way to Augusta the President made one quick stop to receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from his old friend and comrade-in-arms, General Mark Wayne Clark, who is now president of the Citadel, "the Military College of South Carolina...
...turned away from the microphones, the onetime West Point cadet was heard to say, "I hope I didn't talk too long." He flew to Augusta, arriving before 1 in the, afternoon. Minutes after he reached the Augusta National Golf Club, Ike was out on the practice tee. In spite of intermittent rain he got in plenty of golf, including rounds with Ben Hogan and new Masters Champion Dr. Gary Middlecoff. Besides relaxing, the President last week...
...items, e.g., Army cots and shoes, to the distribution of weapons; and a new agency, called the International Cooperation Administration, should be created within the State Department to handle the details. ¶ Heard "a general roundup of world developments" by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who flew to Augusta for lunch. Dulles said that one subject discussed was the recent buildup of military power by the Chinese Communists opposite Formosa. Questioned by reporters, Dulles said that the buildup is "more intensive and more broad in its scope than anything we have recently known . . . This indicates a higher degree...