People: Jan. 17, 1964

Still in mourning and bundled in a black mink coat, Jackie Kennedy, 34, for the first time dropped by her new office in the Old State Department Building to say thanks to the 25 volunteers who have been opening and organizing her 700,000 letters and telegrams of condolence. And that same day, still another bit of Kennediana came to light. On the mantel of the presidential bedroom in the White House there has long been a carved inscription: "In this room Abraham Lincoln slept during his occupancy of the White House as President of...

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