THE PRESIDENCY: Four Days Away

His third shot plopped sluggishly onto the soggy 18th green of the Gettysburg Country Club, rolled to within 10 ft. of the pin, stopped. His fourth rolled smartly toward the cup, dropped with a pleasant plunk for a par. Said smiling Dwight Eisenhower, having added a polished ending to his rusty first round of golf since Augusta last November: "It sure feels good to get a round under your belt."

Under Ike's belt last week, besides golf, were four days of comparative rest after arduous weeks of working as President even while pitching in harder than ever before on foreign policy...

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