Word: details
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...weeks ago the Illinois State Parks Division temporarily closed down one of Springfield's proudest possessions, the two-story clapboard house in which Abraham Lincoln lived from 1844 to 1861. The time had come when the Lincoln house was to be rendered "authentic in every detail...
...Democratic Administration: "... I am going to talk about the Washington mess, a mess because we have an Administration of stumble, fumble and fall." Ike moved on to Miami, Tampa, Birmingham and Little Rock. His main theme continued to be corruption in the Federal Government (he discussed in detail the Internal Revenue Bureau scandals, including the conviction of collectors in Boston and St. Louis) and his aim to clean...
...distinguished St. Louis federal judge last week told in detail how the Department of Justice reached out from Washington to interfere with a federal grand jury's investigation into tax-fraud cases. The investigation ultimately led to 31 indictments, including one against Harry Truman's old friend, James P. Finnegan of St. Louis, U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue (TIME, Oct. 22). Finnegan was convicted of misconduct in office, fined $10,000 and sentenced to two years...
...fakery. A favorite pair were similar canvases showing straight lines and painted blocks, both signed "P.M." (Piet Mondrian). In the fake, the colors are dingy; Mondrian's are light, lively and bright. Another set, Portrait of Van Boetzelaar, by J. H. Hodges, has only minor differences in detail (see cuts...
...Clemens, with a gleam in his eye and a snake in his pocket, who lived in the drowsy Mississippi River town of Hannibal, Mo. in the 1840s. In Sam Clemens of Hannibal, the story of Sam's Great American Boyhood is told for the first time in full detail by the late Dixon Wecter, editor of the still unpublished* Mark Twain Papers...