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...scene possessed a grotesque impropriety. At the tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, Ill., Alabama's George Corley Wallace, symbol of unregenerate Southern racism, reverently placed a wreath of red and white flowers. Said Wallace: "It's good to be in the land of Lincoln...
...prospectus, "to emphasize the brighter side of Negro life and success." As the darker side has come more into view, Ebony has adjusted. Last winter, Senior Editor Lerone Bennett Jr. provoked considerable controversy and a stern rebuttal from the New York Times when he wrote an article debunking Abraham Lincoln as the "embodiment of the American racist tradition." As part of the same mood, whites have been replaced by Negroes in ads in the magazine, though some readers are upset because Ebony continues to run ads for hair straighteners and skin lighteners...
Ideal for Tanks. Strong words? Consider: a magazine recently advertised replicas of the derringer pistol as the dandy little model that killed "two of our country's Presidents, Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley." Another suggested: SUBMACHINE GUN FOR FATHER'S DAY? Yet another offered, for $99.50, a 20-mm. antitank gun, "ideal for long-range shots at deer and bear or at cars and trucks and even a tank if you happen...
...rebuke to violence, 1,000 New York schoolchildren turned a mound of toy guns and comics?including Superman and Combat?over to trash collectors. Sears, Roebuck and Montgomery Ward stopped mail-order gun sales after King's assassination; Macy's, Alexander's and Abraham & Straus in New York had quit selling guns even before that. Last week Ohio's J-Mart discount stores gave their entire $20,000 inventory of guns to the Columbus police...
Such pessimists ignore conciliation: an ancient art that has served mankind through centuries of quarrelsome existence. To be sure, attempts at conciliation are often futile until the combatants reach exhaustion. Henry Clay's compromises merely delayed the Civil War that Abraham Lincoln had to win before the Union could be restored. It is not the United Nations that prevents World War III but the balance of nuclear terror...