The Key West Citizen

Security Is Tight At Ike's Penna. Farm

By MARVIN L. ARROWSMITH

WASHINGTON () -For as long as President Eisenhower remains in office. tight security restrictions will be in effect at his new farm home on the Civil War battle- field at Gettysburg, Pa.

The place probably will be ready for occupancy by Easter or soon- er, and already the house is get- ting some of the protection that goes with the presidency.

Uniformed guards from the Treasury Department - the agen- cy whose Secret Service is charged with guarding the president-have been assigned to a round-the-clock watch to keep out any trespassers, as well as battlefield sightseers.

Tourists can get a look at the President's 189-acre farm from a scenic tower 11/s miles awav.

Any of them with a good pair of binoculars might have been able to see the chief executive wander- ing around the grounds Friday. He and Mrs. Eisenhower spent five hours here en route to their lodge in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains for a weekend of rest. They re- turned to the White House late yes- terday.

A half-mile-long lane leads to the house from a public highway, but a sign. swinging from a heavy chain blocking the lane declares the farm private property closed to sightseers.

Another public highway about a mile off in another direction af- fords passers-by a good long-range view of the home. but that view may be closed off soon under land- scaping plans for tree planting.

A photoelectric alert system will help tip off the Secret Service to any unauthorizedmovement about theproperty.

One enterprising light lunch merchant who has a place on the highway reportedly has been offer- ing customers binoculars to take a look at the Eisenhower home while they munch sandwiches.