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...more different men could hardly be imagined. There was Charles de Gaulle, soldier, statesman, and symbol of a nation's pride, who once wrote that a great leader must "possess something indefinable, mysterious." And there was Hubert Horatio Humphrey, the boy from the drug store in Huron, S. Dak., who likes to say that a politician must "never forget he's just one of the folks." Yet in their meeting last week amid the Louis XV antiques of Paris' Elysee Palace, the French President and the U.S. Vice President got on quite nicely together...
...with them the excitement and thrills you experienced," said Johnson. Still smiling, McDivitt and White-accompanied by their wives-hurried off to the Paris Air Show, where the Russians had captured all eyes with Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and a huge 250-ton transport. Vice President Hubert Humphrey escorted the U.S. space twins and was himself scheduled to meet with Charles de Gaulle. No sooner had the group landed at Le Bourget airfield, where Charles Lindbergh touched down after flying the Atlantic in 1927, than the astronauts went through their umpteenth press conference of the week. Naturally...
COLLEGE seniors across the U.S. were uncharacteristically silent. The vast captive audience was once again listening (more or less) to the captive but willing speakers. "We're not responsible in the executive branch for anything at home or abroad just now," said Vice President Hubert Humphrey. "Now is the time we all go to commencements." Humphrey, who spoke at six, was considerably busier than President Johnson, who spoke at four, notably about peace. At George Washington University, Secretary of State Dean Rusk defended the Administration's policy in Viet Nam. At West Point, General Earle Wheeler, chairman...
...Hubert H. Humphrey, LL.D., former Macalester political science instructor who once kept his class in session, at student request, for eight hours...
President Hubert Humphrey, whom he had summoned to the bandstand with his wife Muriel, noted that it was Humphrey's 54th birthday. Said he: "Hubert does most of the things I take credit for, and if some of those votes get split up there he'll get some of the blame." Humphrey laughed, blushed and beamed as the President led the guests in singing "Happy Birthday." With that, Johnson headed for a waiting helicopter for a holiday trip to Texas...