Word: abraham
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...increase suggested by outgoing Joe Foss. Contrariwise, Kansas Democrat George Docking has been the only Governor to compile a budget lower than last year's. And New York's big-budget Republican Rockefeller (see New York) is sandwiched between Democratic Liberals Robert Meyner of New Jersey and Abraham Ribicoff of Connecticut, both with modest proposals and no tax increases...
Born & Bred G.O.P. Halleck's mother and father, both lawyers and Lincoln-loving Republican workers, christened him (Aug. 22, 1900) Charles Abraham Halleck, called him "Little Abe." At 14 he worked furiously in local campaigns, hauled voters to the polls as soon as he was old enough to drive a car. In 1917 he signed up as an infantry private, developed his parade-ground voice (the House's second loudest, after Illinois' Noah Mason), won lieutenant's bars Stateside before flu struck him down. At Indiana University, one of the big playing fields for future Hoosier...
...150th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, President Eisenhower approved the first change in the penny's design since the Indian disappeared in 1909. By Feb. 12, the U.S. Mint will be well stocked with bright new copper coins. On the face will be the familiar, haggard profile. On the reverse side will be a new front view of the Lincoln Memorial, a rearrangement of the old words: "One Cent." "United States of America." "E Pluribus Unum...
Successful junior candidates for the Student Council are Lawrence B. Ekpebu of Lowell House and Lagos, Nigeria, David S. Chapin of Dunster House and Buffalo, N.Y., and David M. Balabanian, of Kirkland House and Cashmere, Wash. Sophomores who have won seats are Abraham F. Lewenthal of Lowell House and Leominster, who was unopposed; Albert L. Jacobs, Jr. of Dunster House and New York City; and Barnett Frank of Kirkland House and Bayonne, N.J., who was also unopposed...
...Departing from its homely line of fish names (Sculpin, Albacore) the Navy announced last week that its first two ballistics-missile submarines would be christened Abraham Lincoln and Robert...