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A Long Way from Home. The glitter and glory of Washington seems light years away from the small Texas farm where Connally and seven brothers and sisters were raised. His father worked at what jobs he could get?tenant farmer, shopkeeper, butcher. The future Treasury Secretary walked barefoot to school...
He was generally popular with the Texas electorate from the beginning, and he assumed hero proportions after being badly wounded in the Kennedy assassination. He lost much blood and spent about two months convalescing, but suffered no permanent disability. When Connally left office in 1968, he signed on with one...
FIRST there was Disneyland, an elaborate $128.5 million, 70-acre playground that erupted 16 years ago in the Southern California flatlands outside Anaheim. Its stunning success spawned a host of imitators, including amusement extravaganzas called Six Flags in Dallas, St. Louis and Atlanta. Chicagoans were given the opportunity to celebrate...
Under the original agreement between the Kennedy Library, Inc., and the government. Harvard has an option to buy part of the 10-acre site. The deadline for removal of the MBTA facilities is now set for December 31, 1973, at which time the land becomes available to Harvard and the...
The royal existence behind the moated walls of the 300-acre royal compound is well-cocooned and calm. Emperor and Empress rise early in their 15-room apartment in the small Fukiage Palace. Hirohito does not particularly enjoy coffee, but drinks it because he considers it an essential part of...