this is what russell baker has to say. "a president with a heart attack was an extraordinary piece of news in 1955. there had never been one before. how serious eisenhower's might be was anybody's guests. -- guess. but a reporter would be foolish to believe the white house's statement that it was mile before the simple reason that the white house would be foolish to say it was grave even if it was." by both knew that they were playing a game -- they both knew they were playing a game. "all we knew with reasonable certainty was that people often died of heart attacks, that the president had suffered one, and was still alive." baker added that this was not just a big, big story but the biggest story in the world and likely to remain so for several days to come. i think that the press at the time gave the eisenhower administration a great deal of credit for being forthcoming in light of the heart attack and they did offer a lot of material. eisenhower had two more illnesses. he had an operation at a stroke in 1957 -- and a st

this is what russell baker has to say. "a president with a heart attack was an extraordinary piece of news in 1955. there had never been one before. how serious eisenhower's might be was anybody's guess. but a reporter would be foolish to believe the white house's statement that it was mile -- it was a mild for the simple reason that the white house would be foolish to say it was grave, even if it was." they both knew they were playing a game. "all we knew with reasonable certainty was that people often died of heart attacks, that the president had suffered one, and was still alive." baker added that this was not just a big, big story but the biggest story in the world and likely to remain so for several days to come. i think that the press at the time gave the eisenhower administration a great deal of credit for being forthcoming in light of the heart attack and they did offer a lot of material. eisenhower had two more illnesses. he had an operation and a stroke in 1957. dr. snyder who was a good and decent man whose fath