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...full, and the fish are flopping." To prove it, he hopped into his Continental to play tour guide, invited in four reporters, including Hearst's pretty blonde Marianne Means and two other newswomen. More reporters and photographers scrambled into five other Johnson-owned vehicles, and the whole caravan jounced at high speeds across a pasture, zigzagging around dung mounds and clusters of fat white-faced cattle...
Every morning last week the President left his French-style chateau, The Elms, at 8 o'clock, usually did not return until nearly midnight. Saturday morning he even took a brisk, 10-min-ute walk through his northwest Washington neighborhood before setting out for work, had a caravan of curious reporters and wary Secret Service men quickstepping with...
...dusty land, every source of water is sure to attract settlers. He also followed the trails of modern Bedouins. "The coun try has not changed," he says, "so they still use the same paths that were followed in ancient times." He kept asking himself how they lived. "Were there caravan routes going through? You have to have a good reason for each settlement...
Kennedy had come to campaign for Mayor James Tate, up for re-election this week and under heavy criticism from many whites for his acquiescence to demands of militant Negro organizations. As the Kennedy caravan moved the 13 miles from the Philadelphia airport, most streets were virtually deserted. There was little waving or cheering. Outside the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, where Kennedy appeared at a $250-a-head reception, pickets waved signs-"Kennedy, Why Compromise Equality?" Then on to Convention Hall. There the signs warned "We Will Barry You," and inside, the galleries were half empty even though some...
After turning back to the Vassar campus, however, the caravan bumped into a police car which "was either waiting or just happened to be there," Flitton said. Various members of the group attempted to explain that they only intended to stay "ten, minutes for a little harmless...