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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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President Eisenhower's doctors describe his heart attack recovery as excellent, recommend a post-Christmas vacation in the South, and predict he can resume full duties by Jan. 9, with reelection fitness assessable by mid-February.
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Recovery From 1 Heart Attack Is Described As "Excellent"
BY ALVIN SPIVAK
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - (INS) - President Eisenhower's physicians said yesterday his recovery from a heart attack has been "excellent and encouraging" but he will have to wait until mid-February to decide about a second term.
The doctors, after a new medical checkup on the President, recommended a post-Christmas vacation for him in the South and predicted that he would be able to resume the full workload of his office about Jan. 9.
AVERAGE LUCK
Dr. Paul Dudley White, Boston heart specialist and chief consultant on Mr. Eisenhower's case, said:
"With average luck and common sense care, it is possible for the President to live for years and be fully active."
White said that the "fatigue" reported in last week's medical report on the chief executive was unrelated to the heart attack but probably was just a "nervous symptom" such as anyone may feel.
While Mr. Eisenhower's recovery has been excellent, White explained, it will be impossible until the middle of February to determine whether he would be able physically to seek reelection next year.
The specialist explained: "He has not yet been subjected to his full load of work. Four or five weeks of exposure to that—should suffice for a medical estimate as to the ability of his heart to stand the work."
FORTNIGHT
This period of full activities, he added, would begin about Jan. 9, after the President spends a "fortnight" in the South, probably at Augusta, Ga., playing some limited golf and possibly doing some light fishing.
White again declined to be drawn into the question of whether Mr. Eisenhower should seek reelection.
He told newsmen, "Not being in the President's shoes—I shall be unable to answer that question."
Asked if he would vote for Mr. Eisenhower if the chief executive should run again, White replied: "I voted for him before and I would vote for him again, I think—not because I'm a Republican but because I'm an independent."
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Gettysburg, Pa.; South; Augusta, Ga.
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Yesterday; Post Christmas; Mid February; Jan. 9
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President Eisenhower's physicians report excellent recovery from heart attack, recommend mid-winter vacation in South, predict full workload resumption by Jan. 9, and note mid-February decision on second term possible after testing heart under full load.