Word: erhards
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...London, West German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, on his first official visit to Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, did much to alleviate British mistrust of Germany by emphasizing his own post-Adenauer view of "a prosperous, happy and free Europe that can only be achieved together with the United Kingdom...
Marianne Means, White House correspondent for the Hearst papers, popped in on presidential invitation and had a hard time getting away. Johnson made her add her name, alongside Konrad Adenauer's, Ludwig Erhard's and John F. Kennedy's, to the "friendship stone" embedded in a ranch walk. He insisted that she sit next to him at dinner. Before a flight of three helicopters left the ranch, he sent Presidential Aide Jack Valenti over to pluck Marianne from one chopper and reinstall her in the President...
...Pope, according to one lyric, "flew to Galilee across the Apostolic See." Yuk. Chancellor Erhard, someone announced, admiringly changed the name of Unter den Linden to Unter den Lyndon. Hah, hah, jawohl Within the Republican Party there is a "strong underground movement" for Richard Nixon (onto the screen popped an old news photo of Nixon wearing a coal miner's headlamp...
...Erhard showed with genuine feeling that he had established a personal friendship with the President, and he was obviously moved when he made his farewell. "Together," he said, "we need not be afraid of this world: together we are strong enough to preserve peace and freedom and justice all over the world. All these questions were discussed in detail and we have been able to state full agreement and full unity of views. This is not just a diplomatic statement; it is just the truth I feel...
...Muddleheaded." After Erhard's departure, Lyndon Johnson continued with his peace offensive. In an exchange of New Year's greetings with Nikita Khrushchev, Johnson said: " 'Peace on earth, good will toward men' need not be an illusion; we can make it a reality. The time for simply talking about peace, however, has passed-1964 should be a year in which we take further steps toward that goal." Following up, he issued a statement expressing confidence that "we as a nation are fully alert to Communist tactics after 15 years of cold war," but it would...