Kennedy’s New York Inaugural Fitting Revealed
President-elect Kennedy travelled to New York for a pre inauguration fitting. Sam Harris, a famed tailor, prepared Kennedy’s two button suit top hat and cutaway. Newsmen pressed Harris about pant length, but he deflected, noting trousers are the proper term.
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Kennedy Inaugural Attire Fitting Reveals Tailor’s Claim
President elect Kennedy’s final fittings occurred at the Carlyle with tailor Harris reporting two outfits ready for Washington. Hats by William Schnautz were sized seven and five eights or seven and a half, both fitting, as Harris praised Kennedy as the best dressed president. Buttons and two-button style drew debate among manufacturers.
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Kennedy to Take Oath on Family Bible in Inauguration
Kennedy will place his right hand on a Douay Catholic Bible belonging to his grandmother Mrs. Fitzgerald when sworn in by Chief Justice Earl Warren. The pamphlet notes Roosevelt’s one omission of a Bible hand rest, and points out presidents have used various translations including Eisenhower’s American Standard Bible.
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Jackie Kennedy Prepares White House Move Home
Jacqueline Kennedy, returning from Florida, inspects White House move logistics with movers, fitters, and secretaries arranging family quarters. She plans to sort belongings for transfer, finalize linen and china packing, and limit preinaugural engagements while adjusting to life as first lady. Caroline and John Jr. stay with nurses in Palm Beach until inauguration preparations complete.
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32,000 Marchers Lead A Grand Parade Theme Frontier Faith
Washington watchers will see a three hour parade led by President Kennedy along Pennsylvania Avenue with 32,000 marchers including military units civilian dignitaries and space exhibits. A scale model Air Force bomber Minuteman missile and other frontier imagery will be shown as the nation pledges world peace through new frontiers.
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World in a Spin Amid Inauguration Turmoil and Lee Birthday Funerals
In Washington festivities peak while the South marks Robert E. Lee's birthday in Richmond with quiet ceremonies. Stonewall Jackson is also honored though his birthday is Saturday. In London Antony Armstrong-Jones will begin work for the Council of Industrial Design with regular hours but no pay. In Boulder Paul Maslin receives a 9600 NSF grant to study whiptail lizards, hinting all are female. In Leeds Alfred Musgrave spends a week on a 1.44 pound ticket riding trains for “sweet music.” In Moscow Khrushchev claims the USSR does not lead world communism. In Ventura a judge rules a would-be buyer need not pay 125 for a dead horse, and Edgar Allan Poe reflects on dreamers.
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Subdivisions seek bigger Highway revenue slice
Ohio officials from the Municipal League and allied groups warned a House committee that subdivisions need a larger share of highway funds to maintain and build roads. In Butler County James Hixon to succeed the late Paul A Pell as sheriff. Cleveland officials deny gasoline price fixing charges before a council committee. George H. Bender plans a civil rights debate with Governor Barnett in Atlanta. Columbus pastors number over two thousand at the 42nd Ohio Pastor's convention. The White House rooms are named for colors. On this day in 1736 Watt was born, and in 1807 Lee was born.
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Notable Births and Events Across Years
The notes list era markers: gar Allan Poe birth, 1839 Paul Cezanne born, 1861 Georgia secedes, 1881 Jay Gould and William Vanderbilt form the Western Union Telegraph Co. These compact entries reflect key dates and figures in literature, art, secession, and telecommunication history.
District Changes Studied In Ohio House Redistricting Plan
Two bills circulated in the Ohio legislature propose creating a new 24th congressional district after the 1960 census. Reps. Charles H. Jones and Walter E. Powell, both Republicans from Butler County, back plans to place Butler as the new district or to realign six counties from the 7th district into the 24th.
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Area Bill Picks Up Steam In Senate Hearings
Democrats push the $389 million area redevelopment measure with support from Govs. Lawrence of Pennsylvania Ellington of Tennessee Patterson of Alabama and UAW President Walter Reuther as witnesses. Public hearings before the Banking subcommittee on production and stabilization seek quick action amid Kennedy campaign momentum and bipartisan backing. Opponents say hearings are rushed and the bill risks giving false hope to the unemployed. Readings include testimony from Tawes Dandolph Byrd Flood and Gray.
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Bowles Faces Senate On Red China Stand For U S
Under secretary of State designate Chester Bowles appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to explain his views on recognizing Red China and allowing Peiping into the United Nations. Kennedy appointees await confirmation as hearings unfold on U N policy and defense nominees are required to divest from stock tied to defense contractors.
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Warm dry spell to continue in Los Angeles
Los Angeles residents face at least five more days of summerlike weather. The U.S. Weather Bureau predicts a top temperature near 85 degrees today with continued warm, dry days into next week. Normal high for this date is 64.
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China Facing Famine Across Communists Nation
London dispatches report Communist China faces an alarming famine with no large scale aid from the Soviet Union. Diplomatic sources say Peiping offers little official detail while millions near starvation. Vice Premier Chen Yi calls it the biggest natural calamity since the republic's founding.
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Coast Guard Plans Steel Towers Despite Texas Tower Disaster
Washington reports the Coast Guard will replace lightships with steel towers despite a fatal Air Force Texas tower collapse in the Atlantic. A Coast Guard spokesman said the disaster is not changing current plans.
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