Word: honorables
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...self-reckoned 117 years, just about every official in Texas knew that he had spun a tall tale about his days as foragemaster of Hood's Texas Brigade in the War Between the States. But for a long time they had believed him and showered him with Confederate honors; then, when a too-enterprising reporter proved in the records that Williams could have been only five years old when Hood was marching, they decided to go right on believing just the same. Last week flags on U.S. Government buildings, ships and embassies flew at half staff by presidential proclamation...
Next day 25,000 spectators lined Houston's Main Street as the coffin was borne to the Baptist Church where blue and grey honor guards stood shoulder to shoulder. Said the Rev. Mr. Stephen McKenney: "He and all his comrades have kissed the lips of immortality." Then a motorcade formed to escort him 125 miles to family burial grounds at Franklin. Texas. Soon the police-escorted procession was a mile long. Texans with heads uncovered stood by the roadside. Finally, at the Mount Pleasant Baptist cemetery, after three rifle volleys and Taps by a single bugler had echoed across...
...caught some TV and radio payolateers with their largesse showing, took the initiative. In Los Angeles, a photography firm that last year threw sets of steak knives at its favorite newsmen, this year sent a modest little Christmas card with the message: "We have made a gift in your honor to the American Cancer Society." Before sending anything to Washington reporters, General Electric phoned first to see if it was okay. At the New York Herald Tribune, the newsroom receptionist, who logs all incoming Christmas gifts, reported volume was down...