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...Britain had launched its attack against Egypt just to stop the Russians. "As things are now shaping," snapped Beaverbrook's Sunday Express, "we may have [Eisenhower] ordering us back into Egypt . . . I hope the thought of it isn't spoiling his golf game this week on the Augusta golf course where America's Government now seems to be permanently established." Liberal, Laborite and independent newspapers kept up their strong support of the U.S.; the influential Observer, a bitter critic of Britain's Suez venture, printed a dispatch from its Washington correspondent: "Suddenly, American intentions...
...Augusta, Ga., where he enjoyed a golfing weekend (and firmer control of his putter), the President also...
Born. To Edmund Sixtus Muskie, 42, Maine's Democratic governor, and Jane Gray Muskie, 29: a second daughter, third child; in Augusta, Me. Name: Melinda. Weight...
...with Ed Dudley, thence to the 400-yd. first hole for a tour of the front nine (he walked half the way, rode half in his golf cart). After a locker-room lunch (a medium-size steak and a glass of milk or cup of Sanka), Ike traveled Augusta's back nine, returned briefly to his office, rested and joined Mamie for dinner (a big steak) in the dining room recently added to her Augusta cottage. Some nights the President played bridge-but the lights were nearly always...
Died. Princess Franziska Josepha Louise Augusta Marie Christiana Helena, 84, last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria, oldest member of Britain's royal family and longtime grande dame of London society, whose autobiography. My Memories of Six Reigns, was published last month; of bronchitis; in London...