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...first glance, it might seem that these well-wishers are doing the next First Lady an unkindness. She is not strong; she suf fers from a heart murmur which makes her hesitate before stairs, and in the past fell prey, for some time, to a disturbance of the inner ear which had a minor but annoying effect on her equilibrium. Last summer she made it clear to her friends that she would have been delighted, if fate allowed, to spend the coming years at the 189-acre farm near Gettysburg, Pa. which she and Ike bought...
Except for a minor heart murmur, there was only one thing wrong with the Brodie twins from Moline: they were "Siamese," joined at the tops of their skulls, with their trunks, arms and legs pointing in opposite directions. Their mother, Mrs. Royt Brodie, wife of a farmer who works winters as a meatcutter, had had three normal children before the twins came. (Even then she had a normal pregnancy, and the first baby was born easily, feet first.) She had another baby, a normal girl, last month...
...tinkle of expensive glassware mingled with the murmur of subdued conversation and the swift, deft movement of red-coated waiters in the grand ballroom of London's Grosvenor House one day last week. Distinguished guests sipped and chatted at the invitation of the Iraq Petroleum Co., to celebrate the opening of a $115 million new 30-inch pipeline to the Mediterranean that promises to more than triple the output of Iraq's oil. The assembled guests watched a movie of the pipeline's construction, and applauded vigorously at the progress it augured. "You can be bloody sure...
...stone, stocked with marvelously efficient gadgets and thick rugs. The Assembly's own $12½ million hall, a low, sweeping building with vast high corridors and uncluttered lobbies, looked serene and orderly. The New York Times's Anne O'Hare McCormick heard more than one onlooker murmur: "Let's hope all of this will not go to waste...
Slim but gentle is the order of the day in the city. A smooth jacket, buttoned short of the waist, and giving a pleasant high-waisted look. Wool complimented with sealskin and just plain tweed are busy above and underground--the murmur of the city is the murmur of slenderness and simplicity. Coats are short...