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Meat cutters of Kabul hack at carcasses and praise Obama
World NowThe late Illinois poet Carl Sandburg once called President Obama’s town, Chicago, the “hog butcher of the world.” Here in Kabul, the former Midwest capital of slaughterhouses has a kindred spirit in Butcher Street, a small road lined... -
Norman Corwin dies at 101; radio's 'poet laureate'
Norman Corwin, the legendary writer, director and producer of original radio plays for CBS during the golden age of radio in the 1930s and '40s when he was revered as the "poet of the airwaves," has died. He was 101.
Corwin, a journalist, playwright,...Tags: Genes and Chromosomes, Judy Garland, James Stewart, ABC (tv network), Religious Festivals
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Paul Coates, Feb. 17, 1961
The Daily MirrorFeb. 17, 1961: The death of Burdette E. Lowery, 67, was an accident – or was it? Lowery, a retired engineer, was tenant in a home at 514 Via De La Paz occupied by Turner Ashby Martin, 41, and his...... -
Celebrating a 50th anniversary with Watts Towers
Brand XIf Simon Rodia constructed his Watts Towers from 1921 to 1954, what is this weekend's 50th anniversary about, exactly? It's celebrating the rescue of the towers, when a young aeronautical engineer designed a powerful, complicated stress test for the... -
Celebration will mark 50 years since Watts Towers won a tug of war for survival
Culture MonsterWith apologies to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," here???s some theme music for Saturday???s half-centenary celebration at the Watts Towers of a remarkable moment in L.A. lore: the 1959 rescue of Simon Rodia???s triple-spired folk... -
Paul M. Zall dies at 87; Huntington Library scholar examined lives of early American leaders
Paul M. Zall, a research scholar at the Huntington Library in San Marino and a professor at Cal State L.A. who examined the lives and humor of early American presidents and leaders, often using their own words, has died. He was 87.
Zall died Dec. 16 of...Tags: Literature, Death, University of Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin, Seattle
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Susan Reed dies at 84; singer and harpist-zitherist
Susan Reed, a singer and harpist-zitherist who was a star of the post- World War II folk music scene, died Sunday. She was 84.
Reed died of natural causes at a nursing home in Greenport, N.Y., said publicist Dale Olson.
By age 19, Reed was such a...Tags: Folk (genre), World War II (1939-1945), Martha Graham, Family
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R.I.P. STOP
What hath God wrought? Late last month, after more than 150 years, Western Union discontinued all telegram and commercial messaging services. Not just STOP but full stop. The news traveled fast—the company posted the notice on its website—but...Tags: Cary Grant, Kitty Hawk, Science and Technology, Telecommunication Service, James Stewart
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Lukas Foss, versatile and prolific American composer, dies at 86
Lukas Foss, the polyglot American composer, conductor and pianist who directed half a dozen Ojai Music Festivals, led marathon concerts at the Hollywood Bowl and succeeded Arnold Schoenberg as head of composition at UCLA, has died. He was 86.
Foss died...Tags: Politics, Fritz Reiner, William Bolcom, A. E. Housman, University of California, Los Angeles
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'The Lincoln Anthology' edited by Harold Holzer, 'The Best American History Essays on Lincoln' edited by Sean Wilentz, Ronald C. White's biography 'A. Lincoln' and others
It was Tuesday, May 30, 1922, the day of the dedication of the solemn and splendid memorial to Abraham Lincoln in Washington, and the ceremony on the Mall featured speeches by President Warren Harding and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
The most...Tags: Defense, Walt Whitman, Politics, Armed Forces, Barack Obama
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Chicago's new sparkle
"The time has come to bring order out of chaos incident to rapid growth," wrote the architect Daniel H. Burnham. The year was 1909. The place, Chicago. The occasion, the unveiling of Burnham's sweeping, visionary plan to change the face of the city on the...Tags: Defense, LEGO Group, Football, Marshall Field, Architecture
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Class of finalists
CHICAGO Deanna Pirpiris, Chicago, Taft High School NORTH & WEST SUBURBS Courtney Ackerman, Wilmette, New Trier Township High School Leila Ayoub, Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove High School Emily Bartusiak, Lake Forest, Woodlands Academy of...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Crime, Law and Justice, Naperville, Education, Judges
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