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Evening star., 1961-01-20

Grant Sawyer. and also hon.
oring Senator Alan Bible as
chairman Of the Senate District
Committee.
No strangers. either, were the
blue-shirted. hig-hatted Clark
County Gas Vegas Sheriffs
Posse, led by Senator Howard
w. Cannon. This year the
horsemen were joined by the
red-shirted Washoe County
(Reno) Posse, a younger group
known for its drill team talents.
On the Nevada float, en-
phasizing the fun of winter
sports, a petite figure skater
pirouetted on a miniature ice.
rink. 80
Nebraska,s contingent was
led by the Scottsbluff High
School Band in bright cherry
red and white uniforms CROWN
ed by white ostrich plume shake
hats. 1T was first in line be-,
hind Gov. Frank Morrison. 5,
Staunton (Va.) Military Aca-
denny lent Nebraska q hand by
sending its HOWE Rifles. the,
society honoring the late Mai.
Thomas d, HoWie.
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"A
the American Legion Fred Y.
Mcconnell Post Drum and
Bugle Corps from Concord,
showed what q little hard work
can do. When organized in
1858. only four Of the 38-man
unit played ansinstrument. Last
year the "Tar Heels" were ma
tional Legion runner-up.
Among the flashiest bands
was the Warwick Veterans
Memorial High School Band,
heading Rhode Islands con-
tingent behind Gov. John A.
Notte, jr. The famous Rich
mond Blues also had a promi-
nent place.
Five pretty girls. dressed In
the red. white and blue attire
made popular by Kennedy
johnson girl workers during
the campaign, rode the Rhode
Island float.
| According an honor guard to
Vermont's Gov. F. Ray Keyser,
'jr., were 160 cadets from Nor
wich University. Behind a band
marched q color guard in uni
forms like those worn when
the military college was found
ed in 1919. Then came a cadet
corps Of ITO. Vermont also was
represented by the flashy. red
and white-clad Rutland High
School Band.
A float of United Cerebral
Palsy followed. A lightning bolt
demonstrated that palsy strikes
someone every SO minutes, and
test tubes and a world globe
emphasized efforts being made
to help more than 100000 suf-
fering from the disease,
Evening star., 1961-01-20

Fighting Tigers" brighten up
the opening of Florida section
behind Gov. Farris Bryant.
What else would Florida s
float feature. but sunshine? =?
Well, flowers. palms, fruit and
fruit trees shipped UP from the
State itself.
Girls too. in appropriate
Florida attire-b-r-r-r-!
Another precision band, Ter
ry Parker High from Jackson
vile, concluded Florida's per-
formance.
Behind Gov. Norman Erbe of
Iowa was the Coe College Air
Force ROTC Band from Cedar
Rapids. Coe has been playing
for Inaugurals since Herbert
Hoover in 1929.
Also paEading for Iowa were
the Iowa Military Academy Of
ficer candidates Of the Nation
al Guard from Camp Dodge.
Iowa's other marching unit
was the Fort Dodge Lanciers.
81 youngsters.
The national champion
American Legion Youth Band
from Milwaukee headed the
Wisconsin unit along with Gov.
Gaylord Nelson.
Champions of Wisconsin and
the AMVETS, the Sturgeon Bay
Drill Team has never lost a
national or State competition.
They demonstrated why with a
flourish.
All the Wisconsinites seemed
TO be champions, including Miss
Sherry Lou Daley, a baton
twirler leading the Milton Un-
lion High School Band.
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Chinese Girls Corps
Drums for California

Gov. Edmund Browns Cali
fornians LED off with the IT.
member Capuchino High School
Band Gall Of whom must sub
NIT a report to the student
body on returning).
Dancing and swinging along
then came the spirited Lomoc
High School Band.
Attired in red and gold en-
broidered costumes, the st.
Mary's Chinese Girls Drum
Corps from San Francisco made
q hit.
The Minneapolis Letter Car
riers Band. only labor organiza-
tion band in the parade, fol-
lowed behind Minnesota Gov.
E. L. Anderson.
The theme of Food for
Peace" was stressed in a Min
nesota float heaped with the
boundy of that States fields.
Also representing Mime
sofa, and making its third
straight Inaugural march was
the Northwestern Senior High
School Band from Hyattsville,
Md.
Far-away Oregon called on
Massachusetts and West Vir-
ginia to give Gov. Mark Hat
field some parade company.
The Immaculate Conception
Drum and Bugle Corps from
Revere, Mass. felt as though
it was returning a compliment
to President Kennedy. In 1858
he awarded the group the Sen
ator John F. Kennedy Achieve
ment Award.
st. Mary's High School Band,
a West Virginia organization
with a national reputation, also
filled in creditably for Oregon.
With Kansas Gov. John An
derson came The Morton
County Lions Club Band, a
really Democratic aggregation
that includes farmers, bankers.
housewives, teachers and mer-
chants as well as high school
musicians among its rs players.
|. Dodge City sent its Marshal's
Posse, which looks more gen.
uine than some. because its
members dress like old-timers
picked up hurriedly on the
streets in an emergency.
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Air Force Disploys
Rocket Might

The Air Force was introduced
at the head of the Fifth Divi-
sion, whose marshals were
Robert McDonough Of. Parkers-
burg, w. Va, and Capt. John
T. Everett Of the Maritime
Commission.
The Air Force Band. once
heard by an audience of $780,
900 in Holland. marched ahead
of $50 officers and airmen from
Boiling and Andrews Air Force
Bases.
Then came the 543d United
States Air Force WAF Band, so
women musicians, many with
training in symphony orcheS-
tras, and the WAF Squadron
Section from Andrews Air Force
Base.
Like the other services, the
Air Force displayed its latest
weapons. OF prime interest was
the rocket-powered Kills plane,
looking more like a guided
missile than an aircraft.
The 421a-foot Hound Dog, an
air-to-ground missile, was next
on the Air Force list.
On another float, the crowd
saw an actual nose cone re-
covered from the Air Forces
Discoverer XIV rocket by a
C-119 Flying Boxcar" neal
Hawaii last August. The Cap.
sule had circled the earth II
times.
Another Discoverer nose CONF
was displayed on the 78-foot
Thor ICBM, one Of the pa.
rade's most awesome sights.
Winding up the show Of
might was a model of the Bit
"Valkyrie," the first all-stee
intercontinental bomber that
will do 1000 miles an hour anc
90 1000 miles without refueling
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Youngsters Bring
Bands From Maine

More band music, this time
from Brunswick Junior High
School. accompanying Gov.
John H. Reed in the Maine
group.
This brought on the float Of
the Communications Workers
of America -" World Under
standing Through Communica-
tons"
The fast-stepping Portland
High School Band, old hands
at these guest appearances,
raised $4,000 in a months time
to pay its way to Washington.
Missouri's Gov. John M. Dali
ton rode ahead of his States
largest marching band, the
170.piece group from jefferson
City high schools.
Carrying Army MI rifles,
the Missouri Military Academy
Fusileers from Mexico, Mo-,
were king their second
straight inaugural appearance.
From Arkansas, behind Gov.
Orval Faubus, came the band
and marching unit of Arkansas
State College.
The colleges ROTC drill
team, called the white Hats"
and made up of 36 men, gave
the crowd a sample of why it
has been called one of the best
from its area.
Wayne State University's
band of 100 came behind Gov.
j. B. Swanson of Michigan.
And then some excitement from
the colorfully clad American
Legion Zouaves from Jackson.
Michigan's float let the world
know of it's new Mackinae
Bridge. which at 1914 feet is
1.-The worlds lonppSt
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Navy Groups Head
Fourth Division

The Fourth Division, led by
Ivan Nestingen and Capt.
william B. Ellis, Coast Guard
Academy commandant OF
cadets, saw United States Navy
elements swing by. s &..,
First, the Navy Band. led by
Comdr. Charles Brendler who
was marching in his 18th Inau-
gural Parade. Then 400 blue
Jackets from the Service School
Command at Bainbridge, Md.
Also from cambridge. came
100 WAVES wearing the Navy
blue and representing II more
than 5000 other women in
their organization.
The crowds then got a
glimpse of two speedy Navy
planes, the first a Phantom II
a supersonic two-seater, car
rier-based fighter that has set
speed records. Another new
model, the Skyhawk. Is q
midget with great atomic strik-
ing power from carriers.
That brought into sight
PIT boat, the kind of craft
President Kennedy commanded
in the Pacific in World War II
Riding the 78-foot, 35-tor
craft, the last still in service
we're eight of the Presidents
original crew members.
Navy Conquers Inner Space
l-35,8 800 Feet Down" read 6
sign on the following exhibit
a strengthening device knowr
as the bathyscaph. The divinl
device was built at the Davit
Taylor Model Basin. one-hal
tho ci1a ~ tho Y.oo1 0Y,a
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Army Demonstrates
Its Bottle Potential

The Army showed off its po-
tential in the Second Division,
headed by Joseph Tydings OF
Havre de Grace. Nd. as mar
shall. Capt. James H. Mini.
commandant Of midshipmen at
the Naval Academy. shared
the honors.
The l00-man United States
Army Field Band led this part
of the procession. Based at Fort
Meade, 1t has appeared in all
so States, Canada and Mexico.
Gen. Gavin. the parade's
grand marshal, must have
thrilled to know he again was
leading elements of his old 82d
Airborne Division, famed para
troopers he commanded in
World War II.
Nine hundred members OF
the I'd Airborne Battle Group.
504th Infantry-"The Devils in
Baggy Pants" staggered along
the parade route. The men
based at Fort Benning, Ga,
once we're led by Gen. Gavin
up New York's Fifth Avenue in
a victory parade Of another
sort.
From Fort Meade rolled a
fleet Of trucks and other heavy
armament. ranging from MAJ
light tanks to the T-45. a IT'S
nm. gun. li1t
The women of the Army
were there too-a 45-member
band Of WACS from the
Women's Army Corps. Center,
Fort Mcclellan, Ala. and 100
marchers from Headquarters
Company, Fort Myer.
And now the Army missiles,
six of them. always fascinating
! to, see. First the sPershing, q
34-foot job costing about $3.50
million to develop and meant
to replace the Redstone seen in
the 1857 Inaugural Parade.
Seen side by side were the
Nike Hercules anti aircraft
guided missile with iiuclear ca
pability. and the Lacrosse. q
trans-sonic speed weapon for
ground troop support.
Following were the Little
John. a 318-mm. rocket used
without electronic controls like
conventional artillery, and the
Hawk, a 17-foot missile usable
either at fixed installations OF
in the field.
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: : Celebrities Gother
~ :.
In New Frontiers

First Division marshal. william
Battle Of Virginia, riding with
another Virginian. Brig. Gen.
Charles w. G. Rich, COM
mandant Of cadets at the
United States Military Acad-
emy.
The gray-clad cadets were
represented by the 118-piece
academy band. oldest in the
United States, and six bat
talions numbering l.75O.
Along came their friendly
rivals, the midshipmen Of An
napolis. $500 strong. In the
thick of it was the Naval
Academy band Of 70, letting
60 with Anchors Aweigh."
Eight men appointed to the
academy by President Kennedy
and Vice President johnson
were among those marching.
One hundred forty-six were
from Massachusetts,, 13l from
Texas.
The new United States Navy
flags officially adopted in 1859.
was appearing at an inaugural
parade for the first time.
Not to be outdone. the versa
tile Air Force Academy Band
swung along ahead Of 10 squad
|rons of fledgling flyers from
Colorado Springs. In all, there
were 1.750 Cadets representing
the newest Of the military
academies, each squadron led
by the academy colors.
Marching along for the
United States Coast Guard was
its band, its colors and 5000
man Corps of Cadets. The New
Lopdoners looked as proud as
any of them.
They were followed by the
55-man United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy band,
and 750 cadets in dark blue.
marching in regimental forma-
ton.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Indionons Step
To Champion Band

The Indiana State Champion
ship Marching Band from Ben
Davis High School, Indiana
polls stepped out in front of the
Hoosier entry, following Gov.
Matthew Welsh.
Other Indian units entered
were the Indianapolis Motor
cycle Drill Team and the Maple
City Cadet Junior Drum and
Bugle Corps.
Marching for Mississippi be-
hind Gov. Ross r. Barnett were
the Gordon High School March
ing Generals from Decatur,
Evening star., 1961-01-20
District of Columbia
Unit Comes Along

Riding at the head of the
District of Columbia unit were
five military men from five
different installations who won
the Freedom Foundation Essay
Contest in their services. Top
winner Of q $1,000 award was
Army Pvt. lei Ernest H. Van
over, %, Of Crosse Point. Mich.
With the District Commis-
sioners leading the way, then
came the Coolidge High School
Band, winner Of last years
cadet corps competition.
Glossy in new ceremonial
tack were IA black Park Police
horses, led by a palamino.
The parade's first float was
that Of the host District, and
the 36-foot display bore the
familiar lament-no vote for
our citizens. Miss Ruth Rea,
Miss District for 1860, adorned
the float.
Honored next in line was
President Kennedy's home
state, with Massachusetts, Gov,
John A. Volpe in front. The
115-piece Boston Latin School
Band, a smart-stepping and
playing aggregation, recalled to
some that Joseph P. Kennedy
was one of its famous alumni
If Boston Latin is the Ma
tion's oldest high school. the
cadets from Massachusetts,
Military Academy, next in line
claim to come from the Oldest
school of its kind.
Ablaze with the color Of 8;
guidons and 26 battle flag
came the oath Infantry Divi'
sion. a proud fighting unit.
Another long and honorabl,
record is the proud claim o.
another Massachusetts entry
the 26th (Yankee) Infantr!
Division band which has servec
!, in five wars.
What else could this Statt
do with its float but feature
its native son, the new Presi'
dent? And so 1t did, portrayini
Mr.. Kennedy's career through
childhood, education, nava
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Fife and Drum Corps
Recalls Early Days

A flashback to the first Pres
ident was the Old Guard Fife
and Drum Corps, 30 men from
the Sd Infantry at Fort Myer.
Their blue tricorns over white
wigs, bright red jackets and
white breeches and leggings
were attuned to their authentic
drum and fife playing.
Wearing their Army green
uniforms, 500 smartly march
ing men of A, B, c and Head
quarters companies of the Sd
Infantry brought up the rear
Of the Presidential Section.
Always a Joy to behold, the
broomstick straight, precision
marching service academy bri-
gades were next, led by the
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New Honpshire Unit
Has o1-Piece Band

Gov. Wesley Powell Of New
Hampshire rode at the head
of q 9l-member band Of senior
and junior high schoolers from
lebanon, a town celebrating its
200th anniversary this year.
Freedom Is Mans Eternal
Frontier read q legend across
the New Hampshire float. an
outline of the State. There was
a granite block with a profile
replica Of the States famous
natural stone face known as
The Old Man Of the Noun
tains."
Carrying q flag that has
flown over the Capitol here,
the Rochester High School
Graniteers Band was marching
for President Kennedy a third
time. They paraded when he
visited New Hampshire during
the campaign.
Generously supplying march
ing units for other States. Vir-
ginia was satisfied with repre-
senting itself with two Of Its
more admirable groups.
First came the classy Vir-
ginia Polytech Institute Band
followed by the well-trained
Virginia Military Institute Ca
diets.
At the head Of the third di-
vision rode Harry L. Riddle. jr.
of North Carolina. and Maj
Gen. Henry r. Sullivan. jr.
commandant of cadets at tht
Air Force Academy.
Along came one Of Washing.
tons most familiar sights ant
sounds. the United States Ma.
rine Corps Band-"the Presi.
dents Own"-which has playet
for every Inaugural sinct
Thomas jefferson.
Preceding a 200-man Marine
Ceremonial Battalion was it
Battle Color. carrying the onl,
battle standard representing al
Marine campaigns.
This group from Quantict
was followed by another from
there. 180 members Of the Wo'
man Marine Company, about
all that remains of a hardy
wartime corps that once mum.
bered $4,000.
The tough. all-purpose q
Battalion, 9th Marines swuni
by in full combat dress, appar
emily ready for anything.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Sheriff's Posse Adds
To Western Motif

The western motif picked ur
momentum as % riders Of the
Fisher County Sheriff's Posse
cantered by.
Another glimpse at Texas
bigness, this time through Vice
President Johnson's alma
mater, Southwest Texas State
College: A whopping band
pretty drum majorettes and one
Of those girl precision dance
teams Texas turns out SO well
known as the ';Strutters."
From the Lone Star to the
Stars Of Space" is the typically
expansive theme Of the Texas
float tracing Mr.. Johnson's
career from ranch to Washing
ton. One Of the most elaborate
floats, it featured a huge Lone
Star, q giant photograph Of
Mr.. johnson, and a revolving
world with space ships seem
ingly leaving 1t and pointing
! toward distant stars.
Delaware's Gov. Ebert N
Carvel rode at the head oi
units that included the royal
blue-clad Lord De la War
High School Band and the
States oldest military unit. tht
American Rifles. Headquarters
Battery. list Gun Battalion
l98th Artillery. This Nationa
Guard regiment, dating bach
to Revolutionary times. ha'
represented the State in most
Inaugurals sthce 1876.
Deiaware's glittering float
was q large replica Of
diamond in o Jewel box. with
these words on q card to thu
President: THE Diamond Stat
Treasures World Peace"
Behind Gov. David Lawrence
came the Pennsylvania con
tingent, including a fancy-step'
ping color guard Of girls ir
can-can costume from York
Pa. known as Les Guillotiniers
Gaudy costumes Of the Hege'
man String Band, many-tim'
champions in Philadelphia
Mummers Parade, were eye
catching. The multi-colol
plumed backpieces were copiet
from South Sea warriors ant
the music was Polynesian.
Following New Jersey Gov
Robert Meyner came tn
Gloucester Catholic All Cir
Drum and Bugle Drill Team,
crisp-performing group Of u
that has captured many prizes
Looking for all the world lik
Revolutionary troops was tn
Rutgers University Colonis
Color Guard. marching witt
Army and Air Force ROT(
units. The color guard carrie
muskets actually used agains
the British. Equally impressiv
were the Queens Guard, tn
Air Force drill team; and tn
Scarlet Rifles, the Army team
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Grond Marshal Gavin
Preceded by Police
Girls, First in Line

In the parade's van, behind
Police Chief Robert v. Murray,
Park Police Chief Harold F.
Stewart and squadrons Of their
motorcycle men, rode the grand
marshal, 1t. Gen. James. M.
Gavin-West Pointer, World
War II paratroop hero and
critic Of the last administra-
tion's defense planning.
His deputy marshal was an
apt choice-William Walton,
well-known painter. and q war
correspondent who jumped
from Gen. Gavin's plane on D.
day. The assistant deputy
grand marshal was Patrick T.
Lucey, wisconsin Democratic
chairman. ~
Former Undersecretary Of the
Treasury Edward H. Foley ap-
peared next as the Inaugural
Committees general chairman;
then came the parade chair
man, F. Joseph (Jiggs) Dono-
hue; his co-chairman. Mrs.
James H. Rowe, jr.. and Mai
Gen. C. K. Galley, head Of the
Armed Forces participation,
and other parade officials.
Music and the roll OF drums
sounded as the proud United
States Army band. dressed IN
its blue uniforms. hove into
sight, 100 strong. Behind them
walked the Presidential Escort
members Of the elite Honor
Guard Company and c Com
pany of the 1st Battle Group
3rd Infantry, Fort Myer.
Then came the color guard
and the parade Of celebrities
headed of course by the man
everyone came to see, the Pres
ident of the United States, rid
ing with Mrs. Kennedy and
Senator John Sparkman Of
Alabama, chairman Of the In.
augural's Joint Congressional
Committee.
In the line Of cars that fol-
lowed were some of the coun-
try's best-known faces. There
was the new Vice President ant
Mrs. johnson, sharing a cal
with House Speaker Sam Ray
burn.
Former President Harry 8
Truman was making familiar
trip, together with Mrs. Tru-
man and the former White
House military aide. Maj. Gen
Harry H. Vaughan.
Four distinguished widows
were among the group-Mrs
Woodrow Wilson riding with
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. Alben B. Barley with Mrs
Nicholas Longworth.
The Chief Justice Of thu
United States and Mrs. War
rem, ranking members Of Con-
gress. and the new cabinet
members, the chairman ane
members of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff-all these and Others
filled out the ranks of notables
In a blaze of color, the massee
flags of the so States. the Dis
trict and Territories were born'
by members Of the five Armet
Forces.
Evening star., 1961-01-20

and political episodes and
carrying the legend. "Massa-
chusetts. Cradle Of Liberty"
vice President Johnson's
state, next in line, was pre-
ceded by Gov. Price Daniel.
followed by the colorful. us
piece University Of Texas band.
Nobody mistakes the Texas
band. with Its orange and white
cattleman's coats and 10-gal-
lon hats. not to mention the
worlds largest drum"
Evening star., 1961-01-20

sS--N--4 = @tNt4 = 80 = - :
reace that he paraders empha.
siaed in the procession that wai
sire TO 60 on beyond 5 pm.
Girls, First in Line
Fhere was no prize for early
arrivals. but If there. had been,
the Misses Ruth Simpson. and
Lana Lane. both IS, would have
been in the running. They were
on the parade line at Z am.
Funny thing. they weren't
out especially to see the new
President. They wanted to see
everybody's hero. q gentleman
named Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Also his. old running -mate,
Richard M. Nixon.
I'VE are really anxious to
see them," said the one-time
school-mates from Ironton,
Ohio, Government employees
here for the past seven months.
I'VE really worked for him
(Nixon) in the campaign
even on buses. aa
An example Of what people
did to get here came from Mr.
and Mrs. Stephan Ecsedy of
Pittsburgh. who started at 8
am. yesterday and arrived at
midnight. They were stalled
four hours near Gettysburg be-
cause Of q, tractor trailer jack
knitting. In the 100 block of
Pennsylvania avenue NV, they
had their lunch kits, plus cocoa.
coffee and tea.
Visitor From FOrmosa
From Formosa there was
Eimei Djang, 20. q diminutive
student of Washington Mis-
sionary College in Takoma
Park, Md. He wore a button
reading. God Bless America" !"
81 just couldn't miss this"
he said. sI love parades and
] never saw one as big as this,
Ny feet are frozen. I keep
Suying more socks"
Mrs. Phillippi Walton Of 20ll
Fourth street NV. who has
seen every Inauguration since
Cleveland's. called this the
worst one for weather"
Statistically, it went like
this: 80, 900 in the parade COM
pared with II. 900 four years ago
About 10000 Of them were from
the military. The band situa-
ton was practically q satura-
tion-more than 40 Of them.
And the drum and bugle corps
and the drill teams were end
less.
Evening star., 1961-01-20
Florida Unit
Features Sunshine

Ninety-two bandsters from
Pensacola High School, the
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ace that he paraders empha- :
Aed In the procession that was
IRE TO 60 on beyond 5 pm.
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