Word: homeness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Glass Works International) to make the trip. New look on the diplomatic team: Daughter-in-Law Barbara Eisenhower, who will accompany Ike's aide and son, Major John, and act as hostess on behalf of Mamie Eisenhower. The First Lady, said Ike at his press conference, will stay home-"It is a little bit tough, I think, for her on that kind of a mission...
...State for European Affairs until Murphy announced his resignation) and is thoroughly familiar with the problems of West Germany in particular, having served in Bonn for three years (1953-56), first as Deputy High Commissioner, later as Minister of the U.S. embassy. German-fluent Ambassador Dowling is equally at home with aging chiefs of state. In his most recent post, as Ambassador to Korea (1956-59), he won high marks for his cool and tactful dealings with irascible, immovable old (84) President Syngman Rhee. When news of Dowling's appointment was flashed to Bonn, Adenauer promptly cabled official approval...
...Touré party compared notes, all hands agreed that the warmest personal experience of all had been the visit to the Libertyville, Ill., home of Adlai Stevenson. In the pleasantly chaotic informality of Stevenson's home, the President and Mrs. Touré escaped for the first time the stiffness of state visit protocol. Stevenson's lone maid bustled about getting food and drink ready while the Touré party inspected the Halloween jack-o'-lanterns which leered in through the windows from the dark and rain outside. (Stevenson had carved some of them himself at breakfast time...
...trick or treat. For a time, Touré and Stevenson were closeted in the study, talking about trade conditions in Guinea. The dinner party might have lasted longer had not Mrs. Touré's dress Zipper broken. After temporary repairs with safety pins she collected her husband, headed home...
...official city luncheon in the Commodore Hotel and at a Waldorf-Astoria dinner given by the African-American Institute. At week's end he canceled a proposed 48-hour visit to Canada, announced he would catch his breath in Manhattan before flying off this week for London and home...