Rounding out the third week of his goodwill trip, Vice President Richard Nixon left behind the steaming, well-toured African continent, winged across the Mediterranean and touched down in Rome. The city lay gleaming and sparkling in the spring sunshine as the Nixon party settled into hotel suites and began once again the round of official functions.
On their second morning in Rome Nixon and wife Pat headed for the Vatican, as Italian photographers chased them along shouting: "Hey, Mr. Nixon, look this way!" Quaker Nixon had a 25-minute private session with 81-year-old Pope Pius XII, then the rest of his...
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