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He had plenty of visitors. President Eisenhower came, proclaimed that Nixon "looks fine.'' Staffers showed up to work over campaign schedules and speeches. Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and Minority Leader Everett Dirksen came in together, and Johnson afterward joked that he had asked for tips on how...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: Out of Action | 9/12/1960 | See Source »

Leis & Poi. Next came Nixon's own home territory, Los Angeles. Welcomed at the airport by 5,000 cheering people and one baby elephant, Nixon led a motorcade to his alma mater, Quaker-run Whittier College, found the football field jammed with 15,000 greeters. Next morning, on a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: Westward Ho! | 8/15/1960 | See Source »

Few areas in the world could profit more from water than Tunisia's Sahel region, where some 4,000 farmers scratch out a living. But U.S. Development Loan Fund technicians argued that there was not enough water in the Nebana River to warrant building a dam. "It might be...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TUNISIA: Use for the White Elephant | 7/25/1960 | See Source »

In Uttar Pradesh, two policemen were victims and an elephant dropped dead in its tracks. A doctor fell dead while visiting Delhi, and his wife succumbed at home in Allahabad.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: The Loo's Caress | 6/27/1960 | See Source »

It was all done in the name of mental health. Sammy Davis Jr., wearing a Sitting Bull headpiece, chased Frank Sinatra across the nightclub stage waving a tomahawk and shrieking, "You call me paleface one more time, I scalp you." Milton Berle promised that a coming act would be Beverly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOLLYWOOD: Fun Night | 5/23/1960 | See Source »

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