Word: gettysburg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Received a resolution from the Pennsylvania state legislature welcoming his intention to become a voting resident at his farm near Gettysburg. His former voting address: Columbia University, 60 Morningside Drive, New York...
Well, Ted Williams' wife is still holding out for more alimony, and Mrs. Eisenhower had to spend Opening Day back on the farm at Gettysburg, but it looks like the 1955 baseball season has gotten started anyway. Which puts us in an embarrassing position, since we shattered our crystal ball last September after picking the Yankees and Dodgers to win the pennants, with the Indians fourth and the Red Sox second. But still we try again, using this time a burned-out light bulb that happens to be handy...
...Breakfasted with a group of Republican women, and lingered after breakfast to get the formula for the beef sausages and beef bacon that had been served, explaining that he might want to make some, some day, on his Gettysburg farm...
...acres, and Ike's entrance caused a mob scene. The President's first stop was at a 5O-ft. bower of white tulips, English boxwood, azaleas, dogwood and rhododendron, which had been planted in honor of Mamie and would be transplanted intact to the Eisenhower farm in Gettysburg, Pa. Ike was particularly impressed by a shoulder-high serpentine wall that enclosed the garden; he had never seen one before...
...Question of Climate. President Eisenhower's fascinated interest in his Gettysburg farm has added a special interest to his plans for the future. At the President's news conference last week, his 1956 intentions seemed to be on the mind of almost every one of the 188 reporters present. What did the President think of the opinion expressed by some Republicans, that the G.O.P. cannot win the presidency in 1956 unless he runs? Replied Eisenhower: "Did you ever think of what a fate civilization would suffer if there was such a thing as an indispensable man? When...