JFK'S TEMPERATURE ALMOST BACK TO NORMAL BUT PLANS TO JOIN 1ST LADY IN VIRGINIA CANCELLED
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On October 21, 1962, The Sunday Star reports that President John F. Kennedy "called off a six-State aerial expedition around the country to fly back to the White House yesterday."
Today the President's physician reports that Mr. Kennedy's temperature has improved from one degree above normal to about two-tenths of a degree above normal.
President Kennedy's plans to join the First Lady at the family country estate Glen Ora*, near Middleburg, Virginia, have been cancelled.
*Glen Ora is a historic 400 acre estate near Middleburg, Virginia which served as a weekend retreat for President & Mrs. Kennedy from 1961-1963. Recently, the property sold for $6 million.
SOURCE
"Kennedy Ends 6-State Tour Due to Cold," by Douglas B. Cornell, The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C., October 21, 1962, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
