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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1955)
"rrr Ike Grins as Cows Come A-Rurtning er Toot on New Electronic Horn Aft By ERNEST B. VACCARO . GETTYSBURG, Pa. iff) A gay President Eisenhower celebrate me gin 01 t shiny new tractorl hiuiickuji uy caning ni cows with a new-fangled electronic bellow and cheering them on ai they Came a-running. , "Look at the darned things go." he cried in glee. "Did you ever aes anything like it?" A few minutes 'before he had promised hit guests, who presented him wtttrihe $4,000 ' tractor- cultivator combination: "You arc going to see some- imng if those cows act like they usually do." ... the President told reporters at the bucolic ceremony he was "feel ins fine." And reports from a 45 minutc medical examination, made just before the presentation down by the barns, supported his opti mistic and cheerful mood. , "Kree of Symptoms" , Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder, his personal physician, and Col. Thomas W. Mattingly, the Army heart specialist at Washington's Walter Reed Hospital, said he was "free of symptoms" and termed his convalescence from his Sent. 24 heart attack "satisfactory with1 out complications." I mey cauuonea inat he must continue to restrict his activities and things like coif ere taboo j. yet, but held out hope his exertions may be increased from day to day as long as he has his alter noon ret. Tomorrow, he will talk abo-jt fhe budget for the health, educa tion and public welfare depart ment with Secretary Kolsom" iml Budget Director Rowland Mtghs at 9:30 a.m. He will drive 22 miles alter lunch for a two-hour meeting with the National Security Council at Camp David in the Catoclin Mountains. To Uy in Copiers I Arrangements were made for cabinet and other members of this top defense planning groi:p to By frem Washington in helicopters as they did last week-for the 2:3d; p.m. session. The gadgetloded tractor and cultivator complete with built-in radio and cigarette lighter was presented to Eisenhower by repre sentatives of the Pennsylvania, w I Z A. If: iir i n ir v l . M r - A xiA 9r J . . Lu ii .M " rfi t Eisenhower Sends Gift ToGhurchiU' GETTYSBURG, Pa. President Elsenhower smilingly points to his herd of Black Angus steers at they respond to a special row-sounding horn he has set up in his jeep which he had his driver blow Is show farm delegations from Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana how 'they respond to the horn. (AP Wirephoto.) Ohio and Indiana 'Farm Bureau making these tractors as pretty cooperatives. jas station wagons nowadays." The President, who drove over "Now I see what he" meant," he to the barns from his big, white added. He exclaimed in delight farm home in his tiny, four -'when he spotted the radio: passcm;er iarra car appeared -in A-radio! We ought to have a suede jacket, tan- tweed trousers 1 Ivan out here to hear the.dcrned and a light grey western type ha!, 'thing play." He referred to Ivan as well as crepe-soled shoes. jFeaster, who runs the Eisenhower Ho Tractor farm. As the President -walked up to ReprrsrstlncDoaors )he huge red and yelibw tractor, "Golly," was his first reaction. "liy goodness"" was his' second. Eisenhower remarked that when the machine was unloaded last night someone had said: "They're The President spent about a half hour chatting with a group repre senting the tractor donors and showing off his livestock and equip ment. But the cow-calling .performance highlighted the occasion. Dick Flohr, his Secret Service driver, sat at the wheel of Eisenhower's fringe-topped farm car'and sound ed furiously on the "mooing gad get.'' But the cows were too far away to hear the "moos." "Dick," the President called out to him. "Drive down there arouno. the fence and try it again." Flnhr put his heart into the mission. This time the cows rushed eagerly toward the fence, in res ponse to the mechanical summons. "They'll do it every time," the President said. 'f By ED CREAGH : GETTYSBURG, Pa. -. HI -Sir Winston Churchill received a sur prise gift on his list birthday Wed nesdaya gold medallion designed in part by bis old friend Dwight D. Elsenhower. - With it went a warmly affection ate letter from the President hail ing Britain's retired prime minis ter as V towering leader to the quest for peace, as you were In the battle for freedom through the dark days of war. It all had beea a secret kept from Churchill until the presenta tion of the three-inch medallion bv Winthrop AldriCh," U.S. . ambassa dor to Great Britain. . Eisenhower was so determined to surprise his old friend and com rade in arms tlfbt he authorized his press secretary, James C. Hag erty, to "brief' White House tor respondents at Gettysburg a day in advance and tell them to keep it under their hats overnight To Prevent Leak This was to prevent any acci dental leak. The pledge of secrecy until a specified time operates to prevent the reporters from devel oping the story earlier from other sources. j .Elsenhower employed the same 1 1 pchnimi mnr -A-n nni-. nntfer graver circumstances, when - he commanded Allied troops in the war years when he and Churchill became friends as well as allies'. The medallion was designed bv 'Gilroy Roberts, head sculptor and i engraver of the United States mint. Takes Frem Painting The Tace bears a representation of Sir Winston's .head and -shoulders, taken from a portrait the President 1as painted pf him. On the reverse is inscribed, along with a design of clasped hands flanked by the British and U.S.shlelds, this citation: " "Presented to Sir Winston I Churchillsby President Dwight D. Eisenhower on behalf of his mil lions of admiring friends in the United States for courageous lead ership and In recognition of his signal services to the . defense . of freedom in which cause his coun- try and the United States have jbeen associated in both peace and I war." Statesman, Salem, Ore., Tliurs., Dec. 1, 55 (Sec. ttVT MedallidnEngm r'iWVVsF-PSaSsWSBHsSHSSM ' ! - v': - , v " ' ' - - - " " "" r i i i sin, , mt -i - " I ili LONDON Sir Winston Churchill, above, accepts a surprise gift a three-Inch gold medallfba frem U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain Winthrop Aldrlch on CborthiU's list birthday Wednesday. Be low, the medallion, paid for by American friends of the British sUtesman, bears a bust of Charehlll take frem a portrait painted by President Elsenhower. 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