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Arlington. The Battle Hymn of the Republic, that fierce old war song chanted tenderly by Andy Williams at the end of the funeral, was to be heard again and again during the afternoon as the special 21-car train bore the Senator and his family and his friends south to Washington. There were crowds and choirs at many of the communities along the right-of-way, more tears and dirges?and there was still more death. Two waiting mourners at Elizabeth, N.J., were killed by a train roaring in the other direction...
Everywhere, hundreds and thousands watched the cortege firsthand. Millions bore witness by television. The party arrived in New York City at 9 p.m. Thursday, and already the crowd was beginning to form outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue. The church was not to be open to the public until 5:30 the next morning, but some waited on the sidewalks through the warm night. Then, thousands upon thousands, in line for as long as seven hours, they marched past the great bronze doors for a glimpse of the closed mahogany casket. The black, the young and the poor...
...almost a bore to write about Harvard crew, because a long time ago the Crimson got into the habit of beating any other college crew in the country. Harvard heavyweight varsity oarsmen have not lost a collegiate race since...
Stag Dinners. As revealed in the diaries, God was a somewhat mischievous sometimes petulant, down-to-firmament fellow, who bore a surprising resemblance to his editor. He loved good wine and reveled in witty company-and indulged himself in both by throwing Saturday-night stag dinners for a few selected friends. A towering figure who stood well over 6 ft. tall and weighed more than 200 Ibs., he prided himself on the fact that "I am in excellent health...
Like many chief executives, God was henpecked by his secretary, a busybody of a woman named Myrtle who insisted on removing the centerfold picture of Playboy before allowing him to read the magazine. He was bored stiff bv the routine of his job, especially Sunday-morning "tune-in duty," when he monitored church services on earth He sometimes complained of the lonely burden he bore as ruler of the universe. "The buck, as Mr. Truman said, stops here, ' God wrote. "And I mean it really stops here. I would give my omniscience to be able to pass just...