The Administration: Queen of America

"Mrs. Kennedy, Zindabad"—long live Mrs. Kennedy. That was the cry that welled up in thousands of Indian throats last week as Jacqueline Kennedy paraded across India in triumph, more than making up by her charm, good looks and splendidly attired figure for three postponements and at least 47 separate schedule changes. The trip, undertaken as a result of Prime Minister Nehru's personal invitation, was semiofficial, but it had most of the trappings, tight schedules and points-of-interest panoply of a full-fledged state visit. Hailed as the Amriki Rani, or Queen of America, Jackie...

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