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...York Times reports that the candidates are beginning to stump "the dogwood-dappled state" more in earnest now, although Wallace finds his Northern campaigns more attractive and plans only four or five stops. Tom Wicker, originally of Hamlet, N.C., returns to the state to talk to Sanford, picks up the News and Observer's theme and writes about it in the Times...
Playing amid cold, blustery breezes that shook the dogwood and azaleas, Nicklaus shot closing rounds of 73 and 74 over Augusta's long, hilly par-72 course. But he still managed to win by three strokes with a total score of 286. "Nobody made a run at me," said Nicklaus, seemingly disappointed...
...rare visits to the U.S., Ingrid Bergman turned up at, of all places, the Dogwood Arts Festival in Knoxville. The happy occasion was the world premiere of her latest film, A Walk in the Spring Rain with Anthony Quinn. "I tried to place it in England," explained the actress. But Walk was all Tennessee. The book itself was written by a Tennessee housewife, and the producer insisted on authentic locations in the Great Smoky Mountains. Anyway, not a person in Knoxville was about to knock Bergman, who was nice enough to help plant a dogwood tree. And in honor...
...passage we kept by two sturdy porters named Riches and Poverty, and the latter obstinately refused to give Entrance to any who had first gain'd the Favour of the former ..." --Benjamin Franklin, 1772, Dogwood Paper...
...firmly insisted that no public places be named after her, but Lady Bird Johnson had not reckoned with Stewart Udall. She watched unsuspecting as the Interior Secretary formally announced the planting of 2,700 dogwood trees and 1,000,000 daffodils on a beautiful 121-acre island park in the Potomac River. Then she sat up with a start as Udall announced that what was Columbia Island will henceforth be known as "Lady Bird Johnson Park...