Beardless Grace Be dell Letters Lincoln In 1860
Eleven year old Grace Bedell of Westfield New York advised Abraham Lincoln in a letter that he would look better with a beard. The note reflects personal political engagement by a young voter candidate interaction and a historic request linked to Lincoln’s image during the 1860 campaign.
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Grace Bedell
Westfield
N.Y
Abraham Lincoln
Stockholm
Sweden
Swedish Academy
NASA OKs Atlantis launch date after engine computer test
NASA said Atlantis launch resumes with a 26 minute liftoff window on Tuesday after a replacement engine computer passed tests. Countdown restarts at 12 01 a m Monday with liftoff targeted for 12 57 p m Tuesday. Beir ut Lebanon Terry Waite marks 1000th day in captivity with no word on fate as vigils note his absence.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Robert Crippen
Shuttle Operations
Jupiter
Beirut
Lebanon
Terry Waite
Anglican Church
Security tightens at U.S. facilities after Seoul protest attack
In Seoul security at U.S. government sites was increased after six radical students attacked the U.S. ambassador Donald Gregg and his residence. The dissident Chonmingon alliance demanded ending ties with the United States and defended the assault as the people's will. Gregg and his wife were unharmed. embassy reviews ongoing.
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Seoul
South Korea
U.S
Chonmingon
United States
Donald Gregg
Gregg
Thornburgh to Visit Soviet Union for Law Talks
Attorney General Dick Thornburgh begins a six day trip to Moscow to discuss crime fighting and the American legal system with Soviet officials and law students. He aims to establish a continuing dialogue on joint law enforcement concerns in drugs organized crime human rights judiciary and regulatory law.
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Washington
Dick Thornburgh
Soviet Union
U.S
Thornburgh
Moscow
Gulf coast braces as Tropical Storm Jerry weakens
Tropical Storm Jerry neared Texas and Louisiana with a hurricane watch from Port Arthur to the Mississippi River mouth. Winds eased to 65 mph as evacuations of Gulf oil rigs began, over 4,000 workers prepared to shore up if shut downs proceed.
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New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Jerry
Texas
Louisiana
Port Arthur
Mississippi River
National Hurricane Center
Coral Gables
Flaherry
Mexican
Gulf
Shell Oil
Wendy Jacobs
African Marchers Demand New Reforms in South Africa
Thousands of activists in Johannesburg Cape Town Durban and other cities rallied in support of the outlawed ANC to celebrate an expected release of eight political prisoners led by Walter Sisulu. Organizers predicted 250 000 but turnout was far lower as police maintained order.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
African National Congress
ANC
Walter Sisulu
Sisulu
Cape Town
Diepkloof
Soweto
Albertina
Walter
Durban
Pretoria
Port Elizabeth
Pietermaritzburg
F.W
F.W. de Klerk
Bush Encouraged By Latin Rejection Of Noriega
President Bush says Latin America shows little support for Noriega after the Panama coup attempt. Many hemispheric governments have withdrawn ambassadors, with Cuba Nicaragua and Libya maintaining embassies, as Gonzalez visits Washington to press for Noriega's retirement and new elections.
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Washington
Bush
Panama
Latin America
Manuel Antonio Noriega
Noriega
Nathve
Peru
Hemisphere
U.S
Congress
Felipe Gonzalez
Gonzalez
Protesters Converge On Seabrook Nuclear Plant
Hundreds of anti nuclear protesters gathered by land and water at the Seabrook plant in Seabrook New Hampshire as police waited inside fences to arrest them. Organizers led by Molly Yard of NOW promoted For Our Children's Future with activists bringing ladders to scale eight foot walls and more.
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Seabrook
N.H
Ocean
Molly Yard
National Organization For Women
Yard
Statehouse
Bush
Kennebunkport
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Pika
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
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Associated Press
Clark
Hugo
Caribbean
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Charleston
New Nation
George Gedda
Mexico
Ecuador
Panama City
Seabrook Nuclear Plant
David Tirrell
Wysocki
Clamshell Alliance
New Hampshire
Kathy McInnes
Portland
Maine
Seabrook Plant
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