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...quarters as soon as possible. Shortly after they opened their hatches, they were hoisted aboard a helicopter and flown to the deck of the Wasp. Though few would have been surprised if Borman and Lovell had found it difficult to unbend and walk, both climbed unaided from the helicopter, chipper and in remarkably good shape...
...therapeutic scenery, after a day of White House work, he left for his Texas ranch at week's end to complete his recuperation. On arrival at Johnson City, Johnson promised to watch his weight and otherwise behave as the "model patient" his doctors called him. He was still chipper. But, putting a hand on his abdomen, he observed: "I hurt good...
...again occurred to me." Nonetheless, Eisenhower never fully overcame his speech difficulty, confesses that "even today I occasionally reverse syllables in a long word, and at times am compelled to speak slowly and cautiously if I am to enunciate clearly." In every other respect, however, Ike today seems as chipper as ever. This week, in appreciation of his present vigor and past feats, Republicans will gather to salute the former President at banquet tables from Alaska to Connecticut. The occasion: Dwight Eisenhower's 75th birthday...
...Shuman is about as chipper as any of his Aberdeen-Angus calves. He neither smokes nor drinks ("I'm not a teetotaler," he says, "I don't want the stimulation"), and strives mightily to refrain from cussing...
Suddenly Lady Bird spotted photographers on another raft waiting downstream to shoot more pictures. "O.K.," she sighed. "Pass me my lipstick." Now she was Lyndon Johnson's wife again. The First Lady Bird put on a chipper smile, and the cameras went click...