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...race for "slick" v. "celestial" space, there's no denying that the women are ahead-from "I like Ike" to "j'adore Jacqueline" in less than a year...
...strengthen peace, as he confers with foreign leaders whether friendly or hostile, he has the hopeful and sympathetic good will of all loyal Americans, regardless of party . . . We cannot allow, today, the nation's basic unity of purpose to be in doubt." Without mentioning the Cuban fiasco, Ike had a wry reminder of the minority party's right to be informed: "Republicans rightly expect to be consulted before, not after, the hour of decision or the moment of action...
With the cheers of the aroused Republicans still ringing in their ears, Ike and Mamie Eisenhower went off for a weekend in New York (see SPORT) before slipping back into the busy routine of retirement in Gettysburg. No one believed that the former President could be anything but busy in retirement, despite his announced intention several times to spend his days sitting in a rocking chair...
...Ike, who suffers from insomnia, is up with the birds each morning. He dresses quietly, then slips downstairs. Eleanor Moaney, his housekeeper, is aware of the ex-President's habits, and he does not have to wait long for his breakfast-orange juice, a small filet mignon, and toast. By 7:30, Ike is on his way to his office, four miles away in a red-brick building that was once the home of the president of Gettysburg College...
...President, Dwight D. Eisenhower hewed to convention. But last week, Horse Fancier Eisenhower (he has quarter horses at his Gettysburg, Pa., farm) stood in the rain at New York's Belmont Park with 51,585 other breed improvers to watch the 93rd running of the Belmont Stakes. For Ike, as for everyone else, the star attraction was Carry Back-a little, long-tailed colt who had won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. and needed only the Belmont to become the first horse in 13 years to capture the fabled Triple Crown...