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Show yy y Washington's . : recent - weeks, trees INalong the route of the In- auguration Day parade in Washington have been - - n, This "bird purge" is one of many precautions being taken to insure a comfortable and safejnaugura- - lor rresiaent Lyndon c. jonn- s6iTand"Vice President Hubert H., lon mink-coate- d Humphrey thisWednesday By tradition, inaugurals are a stjange mixture ofceremonial so- emnity and.xaucous carnivalhoop- - With 'the'latter hi mind,-t- he lUSPark Police; are preparing la: . - tF their horses by playing recordings of sirens, car horns, whistles, and barking dogs for them.':-As for security preparations, the Secret Seryicrid makiBg elaborate plans that include helicopter surall veillance and a check-- of hole covers along the route of the inaugural parade. On the big day itself, detectives will be mingling with the ' million spectators to watch out for lawbreakers, particu-- . larly pickpockets. all the precautions.our Despite 45th Presidential inauguration is certain to have its share of mis- haps. Look what happened last timeat JohrTF; KennedyVinstallation. rpHlswEEK, as the nation's . J i , j : cushing recited the invocation, the Presidential po-fire. It looked as though the inaugural would go guard rushed up in smoke ;until over with a fire extinguisher, and technicians spotted a short circuit " in the wiping. That day JLyndon Johnson him-- i self pulled a snafu, fluffing his oath "of office as Vice President. Instead - FT- iJ' !k I i 'Cm ''Sri "1 ''1 I I 7A .. Roy Piriney snaps orf parrot, who's 'ne young ' " but a prvud yellow- a bit cool to his owner but feeding time should bring him around. Riad about people and pets, p. IS. - igfit L. Eisenhower assumed Presidency, herxreated the- tEeparadeVViIlbe 5,61 - furor by ordaining that homburgs be worn. Although no law compels an incoming President to make a speech, none has ever resisted the temptation. Theshortest was at Washington's second inaugural 135 words. The longest was William in 1841. He delivered an 8,500-woaddress, lasting almost"-tw- o hours, in a drenching storm, and a month later he died, prob- -. -- de. in- augural, you can be sure the inaugural cake sliced by the President will be larger than the Kennedy the most breathtaking and the balls will be the gayestever. A far cry from Ike's 'elegant but the Lone Star version should be a real whopper. Inevitably, however, the peak of 4he weekjwill ixOKe subdued swear- ing-i- n ritual at noonJ Wednesday; Facing Chief Justice Earl Warren,: : it u i ii j i. v . i i win rrcaiueni-ciecuio ine n hand on the Johnson family Bible, n e jt proDaDiy open io unapier 10 w i Corinthians, and solemnly vowto simple"-inaugur- & or- - parties-and-thepara- Sincethisis-aTexas-style-- Texas-styl- e gural, experienced trouble with his glasses and showed considerable dis- may when, "during his address, fell crashing out of a tree! nearby Customarily the silk top hat has been de rigueur. In 19457 with the war on, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked guests to leave toppers at liome. Only two persons stubbornly 'showed up in them; one was comedian George Jessel... When OTrthrterculean-taskHjf paring-- f By THEODORE IRWIN COVER: - . -- inahguration should be a particularly gala one X vridon Johnson's swafcHtha4iewettld4ind " C ' when Presidents take office as cardinal --h- ave 1 XjUIiJlQtlQILSJSQpitC f take his new duties "without any reservation or purpose of evasion,'-h- e said, "without any reservation. whatever." With such a Vobble behind him, he can be expected to be meticulously precise on Wednesday: generally , Incoming Presidents full masteryof Jthe. occasion. JFK, when asked whether he was excited, calmly replied, "Interested." That probably was the under-- '. statement of the year. But Abe the 1961 inaugurals A man riding a bison enlivened capi-J- L with excited thou tal sands gathered ffr social politicking, thefficial tneme of the inaugural will be "Peace." To assure a peaceful, smoothly run celebration theinaugural chairman, Dale Miller, of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce, has been directing a staff of fills up w - .... - Biggest Show sprayed with a gooey substance designed to scare starm a lings away by giving mild hot foot. ably as a result of the exposure... ; Extravaganzas and balls go back to Dolly Madison, and there" will be at least three galas next- week. Martin Van Buren introduced an unusual touch of pageantry when he ordered a very handsome phae-tobuilt of wood from the frigate Constitution, for the inaugural More recent parades procession. have been graced by everything from elephants and Alaskan dog teams to- - a sheriff's posse riding ' palominos, floats decorated with blondes, a torpedo boat resembling the one JFK command ed, and a man costumed like BufT? falo Bill riding a bison. One bugaboo has been the weather. The day before the Kennedy curtain raiser, a crippling snow-- P be storm caused : 10,000 cars.. abandoned, and 1,000 people spent ' the night in Washington's -- mam railroad station." The irrepressible festive New Frontier crowdwas described as "colorful red noses yellow eyeballs, and blue hands." Henry-Harriso- n's al, - . iii Y a. the Constitution of" the United States . . . so help me God." . rd Family WheJrfy January mni Publiskr UONAK0 S. DAVIDOW Pr-ti-Unt . WAITH C MEYFUS AoeiuU PubKtktr Vie4 PrtMtnt OHOUUCI Extcuti PATtlCX WIIUAM V. mKStr Aitxrtuino Manager MOCTOM RANK Vie PrtmUent, Publithtr KtUtlum tni i. OWN FITZOISBON BditorCkltl Exteutivt Editor ilinffinc Editor PHIUir DYKSTtA Art Dinetor EN KAXTMAN Advtrtitint Director . Av MOCESSINO - as our 36th President. 17, 1965 Chicago, III. 6040) Advartiting eHkai 179 N. Midilgaa Editorial offkai 403 rork kv Nm York, N.Y. 10022 tutinns eHini 1727 S. Indiana A Chkage, III. 60616 IH5, will take office for his first full term AND tOOKS, AtDEN EIDEU -- MELANIE DE WOfT Food Editor toMlyn Abravaya, lob Gainct, Hal London, Jock Ryon; foot 1. Opponhoimor, Hollywood. INC, Chlcooo, III. All riohn roMrvtd. v . |