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Lennon was shot outside his apartment in New York City on December 8, 1980 by Mark David Chapman. Chapman later told authorities he had felt slighted when the musician had earlier in the day refused to give him an autograph...
...some of his fans expressed anger at what they called attempts to commercialize Lennon's death. Most cited the recent NBC-TV movie about Lennon, which, ironically, was originally supposed to star a young actor named Mark Chapman, as only the latest in a series of attempts to capitalize on Lennon's death...
Frontier life proves a stern test for believers and infidels alike. The only serene person in the tiny settlement is John Chapman, who is a disciple of the Swedish mystic Emanuel Swedenborg and labors under an angel's commandment to plant apple trees. He will later enter American legend under the name Johnny Appleseed, but for now he serves as a useful emissary between the whites and the nearby encampment of Delaware Indians. The local chief has made a treaty of peace, but he may not be able to restrain his warriors. It is 1812, the British are massing...
...particular thought that they had hit on an issue that might at last win back the blue-collar workers, especially Southern whites, who had been deserting them in droves. Some read great significance into a special congressional election in the First District of Texas in August. Democrat Jim Chapman, an advocate of protection, defeated Republican Edd Hargett, who said that he did not understand "what trade policies have to do with bringing jobs to east Texas." Later analysis suggested that many voters were bothered less by Hargett's stand on trade than by a feeling that he might...
...that eastern Texas race, the Democratic candidate, Jim Chapman, defeated a well-financed, former football player and Republican favorite, Ed Hargett...