Word: 150th
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Denmark's ambassador to the United States, Henrik de Kauffman, opened the showing. The display celebrated the 150th anniversary of the beginning of diplomatic relations between the two nations...
...campaign against Republican Everett Dirksen (Lucas, no red-hot campaigner, agreed to run again only on Truman's promise of active help). By the sort of happy chance that is possible in a machine-run city, the Democrats' sho.w coincided with a civic "Jefferson Jubilee" celebrating the 150th anniversary of Jefferson's election. A nonpartisan "host committee" was organized to raise $250,000, and Democratic wards briskly funneled contributions to it. Explained "Botchy" Connors, a cigar-smoking ward boss: "If there are any businessmen in the ward, we ask them to contribute a float or something...
This week, with a correct, quiet pride befitting the occasion, Alex. Brown & Sons held an open house to celebrate its 150th anniversary as the oldest name in U.S. investment banking. Baltimore's Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. and hundreds of other civic leaders dropped by to pay their respects and look over the ship models and old company records on display. They could thank Alex. Brown & Sons for much of the growth of Baltimore and Maryland. It had helped finance the first major U.S. railroad (the Baltimore & Ohio) and most of Maryland's bridges, including...
Three years ago, when Kraft Television Theater (Wed. 9 p.m., NBCTV) first went on the air, the audience numbered in the thousands, most of them in bars. Last week, as Kraft celebrated its 150th performance, the hour-long show was telecast to an audience of millions, but with little change in the original beer-and-skittles diet that had won friends and fans among the bar watchers...