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Come One, Come All. At Malacanan Palace, the presidential residence, Magsaysay ordered the gates thrown open to all comers. Invitations for an official lunch had been issued to 50; the palace staff had prudently prepared for 200 guests; 5,000 showed up. In an atmosphere reminiscent of Andrew Jackson's inaugural at Washington in 1829, unbidden guests pressed ten deep around Magsaysay's table, watched every mouthful as it disappeared into the presidential mouth. A half dozen strangers sat down at the First Lady's table. Still others surged around a heaped buffet which in five minutes...
Sweeping Charges. A month ago Bell made his report to the President. Rumors that it contained sweeping charges of corruption and mismanagement against the Quirino administration soon leaked to Manila. Last week the press office of the Malacanan Palace, President Quirino's White House, issued a mimeographed statement. It suggested that the Bell report be made public, "to end unbridled speculation." The statement then went on to an angry attack upon the U.S. It said...
Under the watching eyes of Manila police, Taruc strode to the office of President Elpidio Quirino in Malacanan Palace, thrust out his hand to Constabulary General Mariano Castaneda, whose main job for two years has been to hunt Taruc. Castaneda ignored the hand, frisked the man. Taruc carried no weapons (though the seven-man bodyguard he brought along yielded, among other items, nine pistols, two submachine guns and two crowbars). Later, having pledged his loyalty and cooperation to the government and watched President Quirino sign the amnesty, Taruc seized the constabulary chief's hand and pumped it vigorously...
...moved back to Cincinnati. Young Bob grew up with a love for fire horses and alarm bells; Engine Company No. 10 was across the street. Bob's favorite game was chess. In 1900, Father was sent out to administer the Philippines; the family spent four years in Malacanan Palace in Manila, but after two years, Bob returned to the U.S. to go to Taft School. Serious, shy, he shrank from the limelight which bathed his father as President of the U.S. But he liked to play charades in the White House and dance the Boston with Martha Bowers, whom...
...cool, white Malacanan palace, Philippine President Manuel Roxas found that story no joke. Last week, he had been forced to make an extraordinary request of his Congress for a special court to deal exclusively with the graft of public officials...