Johnson Rejects Portrait
Washington United Press International reports President Johnson rejected a portrait of himself by Peter Hurd calling it the ugliest thing he ever saw. Hurd recalls a stormy scene with Mrs Johnson and notes the White House commission aimed to present a suitable image. The official rejection cites size, background, figure position, and style as inappropriate for White House portraits.
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Defense Department Apologist Resigns
Washington reports that Defense Department spokesman Arthur Sylvester resigns with Johnson accepting the move. President names deputy Phil Goulding to succeed him effective February 3. Sylvester, 65, long clashed with reporters and is remembered for the controversial right to lie remark made at Sigma Delta Chi in New York.
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Speaker McCormack Opposes Powell Disciplinary Action
Washington report says Speaker John W. McCormack opposes unseating Rep. Adam Clayton Powell or stripping him of chairmanship of the Education and Labor Committee. Liberals fear misjudgment as Powell faces civil and criminal contempt for an unpaid $164,000 libel judgment, while McCormack insists constituents want their representative to stay.
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Carl Sandburg Turns 89 on a Quiet Mountain Farm
FLAT ROCK NC UP I Poet Carl Sandburg reaches 89 today at his North Carolina mountain home built by the Confederacy's vice president. He predicted dying at an age divisible by 11, saying if not 88 he would reach 99. He has withdrawn from public life, avoiding letters and most interviews. Born January 6, 1878 in Galesburg Illinois, he gained fame with Chicago Poems and won the 1940 Pulitzer for Lincoln.
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Jack Ruby Eulogized As 'Kind of Avenger' in Funeral
CHICAGO UPI crowd and television viewers heard Rabbi David Graubart describe Jack Ruby as acting in a trash moment but a kind of avenger after Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald. The funeral framed his death as a sacred service in conservative Jewish rites. The rabbi praised Ruby while noting public awe at the moment.
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Plane Crash Kills Nine on Kennedy Shuttle Flight
A Beechcraft Executive air taxi carrying nine people crashed in a snow field near Red Bank New Jersey while en route to Kennedy Airport. The twin engine craft apparently lost power in one engine, exploded fuel, and burned, killing all aboard. Pilot Henry Bishop, 47, from Middletown, was among the victims. The $100,000 plane belonged to Red Bank Taxi Co. and the crash halted a routine shuttle service between Red Bank and Kennedy.
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