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...first calls went to a loyal McPherson alumna, Rozella Switzer, the town's Democratic postmistress. Rozella, a widow in her 40's, runs an efficient post office, smokes Pall Malls, drinks an occasional bourbon & coke, likes politics and people. She was curious about the African students and invited them over. Two nights later they sat comfortably around her living room, sipping coffee, browsing through her books, listening to her records-and talking...
...TiME, Dec. 15, 1947), he went on a one-day hunt with Tom Armstrong, neighbor of King Ranch Chief Robert Kleberg Jr. After Miller dropped his first wild turkey with a shot through the neck, Armstrong, thinking it a lucky shot, politely hailed his marksmanship, poured a toast of bourbon in a tin cup. A second turkey, shot through the head, called for another toast. After Miller had shot a deer through the neck and another in the head, there wasn't much left of the bourbon bottle...
...President did turn up at the National Press Club's Founders' Day party. He helped himself to a bourbon & water, dutifully watched the floor show. When the time came for a few presidential remarks, he said simply that he always has a good time at reporters' gatherings, although he can't say as much for his meetings with the publishers. He knows the Press Club and how it operates, said Truman, adding: The members do as they damn please-and so does Truman...
...play several sets of tennis a day; he also plays golf occasionally (low 90s) and rides. Eisenhower "drinks only a dilute highball of Scotch whisky and plain water, rarely more than two glasses before dinner." He does not smoke. Stevenson "takes an occasional social drink at night only," prefers bourbon. He smokes a pack...
...itself* While the Big Four distillers (Schenley, National, Seagram's and Hiram Walker) insist that they will maintain prices, smaller distillers have already begun to cut prices of straight whiskies. Sample: United Distillers has slashed its J. W. Dant bottled-in-bond sour-mash bourbon by 90? a fifth...