Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Throughout the day, Jack and Jackie Kennedy went through their rounds without losing an ounce of bounce. When a friendly woman stopped him with the information that she was a Republican, Jack grinned, replied : "I forgot my Nixon button." In Manchester, a motorcade of students from St. Anselm's College gave him an earsplitting welcome from 35 automobile horns, then mobbed him with such enthusiasm that Jack had to climb into an open convertible in order to be seen. Afterward, the college kids dragged out a reluctant donkey (rented for $20 by the efficient Kennedy organization), then followed Kennedy...
...police searched his house and office, impounded two pistols, an exotic Moroccan dagger, Jaccoud's bicycle and clothing. The police laboratory reported that there were traces of blood and human liver on the dagger, and tiny bloodstains on Jaccoud's raincoat and on his bicycle. Furthermore, a button was missing from his raincoat, and a similar button was found just outside the house...