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Globetrotting Adlai Stevenson whipped into Cyprus, pausing just long enough to announce that when he gets home he will visit the White House, at President Eisenhower's invitation. Then he was off to Turkey where he took a swim in the Bosporus and chatted with India Edwards, vice chairman of the U.S. Democratic National Committee, before pushing off for Belgrade, Yugoslavia...
...best soldiers he has ever known-and so do dozens of other people. Gruenther is a thin, pale, frank officer who proves to be studious, well-informed and extremely well-liked . . . The knowing element in the Army is betting on the Eisenhower-Gruenther combination to swim to the top quickly...
Both were towheaded, wide-shouldered, active tots, bronzed by the Florida sun. Their ribs showed. Russ, who fed them protein baby food long after they were babies, said: "I keep them lean because they swim better." Eventually, both learned amazing stunts. Bubba would jump off a 33-ft. tower with his hands and feet tied and swim two lengths of the pool under water. Kathy swam seven miles every morning when training, and dived 20 feet blindfolded...
...summer of 1951, Russ and his wife took both tots to England, amid a gratifying fanfare of publicity, to swim the English Channel. Bubba was five and Kathy four. The British were horrified, and after debate in Commons, refused to countenance Russ's fondest dream. Russ took the kids to France, but the French turned him down, too. Eventually Russ gave up and brought them home. They starred in Florida water carnivals and branched out with bit parts in an Esther Williams motion picture, Skirts Ahoy...
Back to the Pool. One day last week, the roof fell in on Russ again. Kathy died. Russ had apparently thought she was well able to swim a few hours earlier...