Word: lincoln
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York businessmen, press conference and dinner in Los Angeles (whence he flies on around the world). In the growing tradition of nondiplomat diplomacy, Mayor Brandt came not at the invitation of the U.S. Government but to be feature speaker this week at the Springfield, Ill. celebration of Republican Abraham Lincoln's 150th birthday. Explained the program chairman: "Brandt is a fighter for freedom, just as Lincoln...
...Rivalry (by Norman Corwin) recreates the fateful Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858. Douglas won the contest, in that he was re-elected Senator from Illinois, but the debates helped send Lincoln on to the presidency. In the main, Lincoln and Douglas argued three issues: 1) the extension of slavery, 2) the status of the Negro, 3) the right of the states to regulate the Negro's status. Basically, the debate of states' rights v. human rights is still passionately going...
State Department press officer Lincoln White said the department has decided not to comment on any reports or speculation regarding Allied planning about German policy and problems...
...unmatched theater collection. "Playbills, posters, prints, photographs, pamphlets, broadsides, sheet music, letters, documents, clippings"--everything pertaining to the theater in any form fills the theater section of the Houghton stacks. Old poster and playbills of Kean and Booth, the playbill for the Ford theater on the night of Lincoln's assassination, are some notable examples. One piece, P.T. Barnum's first advertisement, tells of his original sideshow: "Joice Heth . . . born on the island of Madagascar on the coast of Africa in 1674 who has now arrived at the astronomical age of 161 years...
...work pace was set by Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon Johnson, who called for final passage of an omnibus housing bill before Congress starts its Lincoln's Birthday recess on Feb. 9. Senate Housing Chairman John Sparkman rushed through hearings on his bill almost before witnesses had time to take off their hats. Sparkman's bill was due on the floor of the Senate this week, with more than enough votes lined up for immediate passage...