Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-20
INAUGURAL SIDELIcHTs
slDELicHTs
Boby Elephant to See Parade
On SideIines as Mama Marches

cannon, capable of firing atomic
shells, will stay home. 1t stole
the show at the 1858 Inaugural.
Parade.
The two huge tractors built tt
pull it will be towing instead g
408-foot float depicting Peace
and Progress.
Some Democrats are lend
ing assistance to the Repub-
lican doings this week end.
Representative Trim b le,
Democrat of Arkansas, has
made arrangements TO care
for the members Of the Fort
Smith Ark High School
Band, who come from his dis
trict. He has chartered spe-
cial buses to take the players
from the train to their hotels,
to take them to the parade as
sembIy point tomorrow morn
ing and to meet them at the
end of the parade and take
them back to their hotels.
II know they'll be tired, and
I want to spare them all the
walking possible" Mr.. Trimble
said.
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Gate-crashing at the four In.
augural Balls will be quite out o.
the question, according to Viii.
liam Armstrong, chairman of tht
ball security committee.
About 200 Pinkerton Detectiv,
Agency operatives and other Of
fetal security men will be or
hand at entrances to each 'oca.
ton. Mr.. Armstrong said. Only
official ball tickets will admf
persons.
The working press, radio anC
television crews will have specia
credentials to admit them to tn,
Armory or the Mayflower, Stat.
Ter or Sheraton-Pa Hotels.
But even members of the In
augural Committee, if they ar.
rive without tickets, will b.
turned away, Mr.. Armstrong
said, whether they have officia
committee badges or not.
An old Army uniform will b
the central exhibit in the Smith
Isonian Institutions Inaugura,
ton Day display.
1t is the uniform worn BY
Dwight d. Eisenhower as Gen.
eral of the Army when he wa.
commanding general of the Al.
lied powers in Europe (SHAPE)
It is decorated with the five-staI
insignia of a General OF tn,
Army and the Al service ribbons
representing decorations anC
service medals awarded Mr.. Ell,
Senhower during his 81 years o.
Army service.
The display is in the rotunds
Of the Smithsonian's Arts anc
Industries Building.
Nineteen-year-old John Law.
son hitchhiked all the way from
Cedar Falls, Iowa. to Washington
to see the Inauguration. Will
permission to miss classes a
Iowa State Teachers College, h,
left there Wednesday and go
here Friday morning.
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The Bowers Family Founda,
ton has provided parade seat
for more than 500 Washington
area children. The guests vii
come from public and parochia
schools. neighborhood settlement
houses and orphanages. BuseI
donated by railways Bus Co.
will take the children to and from
the parade.
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The blessings of God on PreSi-
dent Eisenhower and his ad-
mtnistrGtion tUill be asked in
special prayers to be said in all
masses today and tomorrow IN
all Catholic churches in the
Archdiocese of Washington.
At the request of the Most
Reu. Patrick A. O'Boyle, Arch
bishop OF Washington. priests
in the pnlpits will read Arch
bishop John CAROLS famous
prayer for those in authority.
In a special message to all
Catholic pastors. Archbishop
O'Boyle said "the portentiouS
euentS that noiD confront this
country and the whole Uorld
prompt us. more than euer. to
invoke the blessings OF God
upon those Dho direct the deS-
tiny OF our Government"
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