Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...queen mother of the Democratic Party broke her vow of preconvention silence to endorse a ticket headed by Adlai Stevenson. Acknowledging the commanding lead of Jack Kennedy over Stevenson and all other Democratic candidates (see box), Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, 75, nevertheless hoped that in the light of the summit blowup. Kennedy, 43, would show "unselfishness and courage" and accept the vice-presidential nomination, where he would have "the opportunity to grow and learn...
...contest develops." The ultraconservative Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader also gave Johnson a curt nod as its favorite Democrat. And Long Island's Newsday, one of the first U.S. dailies to come out for Adlai Stevenson in 1956, was early again in 1960-plumping for a Stevenson-Kennedy ticket...
...some vacancies at the top-where, as some of them candidly admit, the opportunities for graft are better. Posturing heroically on street corners, they charge the generals with everything from taking bribes from draft evaders to delivering the vote of entire ROK army divisions to the Rhee ticket in last March's fraudulent elections. Counters U.S. General Carter B. Magruder, who as U.N. commander is responsible for South Korea's defenses against the Communist North: "No military force can tolerate having senior officers forced out of service by junior officers without completely losing its effectiveness." As for "irregularities...
...York to London round trip); up also are economy flights ($486 New York-London round trip). Planes are virtually booked solid until July 15. Cheapest scheduled flights are on Icelandic Airlines DC-45 and -6s between New York and London ($405.20 round trip). Other bargains: round-trip tickets that allow unlimited stops en route. With a jet flight from New York to Rome on a round-trip economy ticket ($620.30), a tourist can choose stops in 24 cities in eleven countries. Charter flights that require a minimum of 69 people from an organized group (e.g., women's clubs...
...round trip). Ship space is almost entirely filled through July 15, but there are some first-class bookings available. On the Continent, a joint 13-nation Eurailpass offers unlimited rail travel, plus rides on ferry boats and steamers on the Rhine, Danube and Swiss lakes, with a single $125 ticket valid for two months. Rail bargains are being offered by Britain and Ireland: a 1,000-mile tourist ticket for $34 first class and nine-day unlimited-mileage tickets for $39. Switzerland's weekend rail trips offer a return fare almost free, and in the Scandinavian countries tourists...