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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce resigned as U.S. ambassador to Italy due to health issues; President Eisenhower accepted with regret. She plans to leave post after Christmas holidays. James D. Zellerbach considered as successor.
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WASHINGTON (AP)—Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce resigned today as ambassador to Italy. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation with an expression of "great personal regret" and congratulations for "a job superbly done."
The White House announced the resignation after Mrs. Luce had conferred with the President for an hour.
There have been reports for some time that Mrs. Luce intended to resign and that James D. Zellerbach, 64-year-old San Francisco industrialist, was under consideration as her successor. Zellerbach was foreign aid director in Italy from 1948 to 1950.
Mrs. Luce told reporters she plans to return to Italy and to leave her post after the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Luce, 53, has been ambassador to Italy since early 1953. In her letter of resignation, which the White House made public, she mentioned her recent poor health and said she would require several months of real rest. She asked that her resignation be accepted "at the earliest convenient moment."
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resignation accepted with great personal regret and congratulations for a job superbly done; mrs. luce to leave post after christmas holidays due to poor health requiring rest.
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Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, 53, resigned as ambassador to Italy, a position held since early 1953. She conferred with President Eisenhower for an hour before the White House announcement. Reports indicated her intent to resign and James D. Zellerbach as potential successor. In her letter, she cited recent poor health and requested acceptance at the earliest convenient moment.