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Like flying itself, the ceiling soars and spreads steadily upward until it terminates in one giant span, 130 feet high and more than two football fields in length. Beyond is a gigantic, 12-acre forecourt filled with the newest rockets and aircraft opening directly onto Wright-Patterson's runways. Said one awed spectator, as he looked at the model last week: "It'll never get off the ground." In tribute to the architect, the museum looks as if it could...
...folks stroll along "Friendship Walks." They are paths of cement squares inscribed with the signatures of the rich and the famous who have caught the President's fancy on visits to the 400-acre spread. The walk, a sort of presidential version of Grauman's Chinese Theater forecourt, already includes the names of John Kennedy, all seven original U.S. astronauts, and Germany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. Last week, in a favorite ranch ritual, Lyndon added two new ones as Mexico's President-elect Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Wife Guadalupe stooped to etch their signatures...
When such finishing touches as a red marble floor are installed, the two-story interior patio will open to the public this fall, serving as a skylit forecourt to the new Thomas J. Watson art library and a gateway to the Renaissance galleries. To enhance the outdoorsy effect, Met Director James Rorimer promises that the thermostats will be set a few degrees below the rest of the museum...
...glory: Home's appearance on the doorstep, his smiling announcement that he was off to see the Queen, the quiet talk with Elizabeth in the Buckingham Palace audience chamber as sun softened the palace gardens and a military band played for the changing of the guard in the forecourt. Had he been able to form a government? Replied Lord Home: "Yes, I have, and I have kissed hands with the Queen on my appointment as Prime Minister...
...played a terrific game against Cornell, will go at one guard position, with Joe Deering filling the other backcourt slot. Captain Gary Borchard, who dunked 22 points in the Columbia contest, and Denny Lynch, currently the Crimson's top scorer with a 14.7 average, will be in the forecourt...