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...people to make way. But his voice went unheard in the thunderous clamor, and Nehru characteristically put his chin in his hand and gazed stoically ahead. Downtown, the crowds were even stormier. WELCOME PRINCE OF PEACE, read a sign in Connaught Circus. Flowers by the pound flew at Ike until he was standing foot-deep in them, and the panting Secret Service men who had already been mauled by the mobs, began fielding the blossoms until they were exhausted. "Do you believe we would have come 40 miles to see him if he were not a god?" asked...
...Heavy Price." In contrast with the night of cries and hoarse cheers, the formal joint session of India's Parliament next day seemed a world apart. Ike's speech to Parliament had been planned as the highlight of his Asian trip but it got only a lukewarm reception (13 desk-banging applause interruptions), partly because it said some things about force that neutralist Indians did not particularly want to hear, left unsaid some others-such as a massive foreign-aid commitment or a resounding promise to fight beside India in case of Chinese invasion-that they wanted very...
...normal days, John Eisenhower's wife, with only part-time help, runs her own house in Gettysburg (at the edge of Ike's farm). She gets three (of four) children off to public school, does her grocery shopping at a supermarket, tries to spend a day a week at the Red Cross office-filing, typing, helping with organizational chores. She is a qualified nurse's aid, serves part-time in the local hospital, plays bridge with the girls, attends P.T.A. meetings, keeps her Washington social life to a minimum, and on the whole, keeps her children from...
Eyewitness to History (CBS, 10:30-11 p.m.). Ike's visit to Iran and Greece...
Journey to Understanding (NBC, 10:30-11 p.m.). Conclusion of Ike's tour...