Abraham Lincoln was the first of four American presidents assassinated by fanatic gun wielders – and the mid-April 1865 tragedy, as well as the more recent ones, should not be allowed to fade from the public consciousness. Gen. Robert E. Lee’s April 9 surrender of his Confederate army to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant of the… Continue reading Abe Assassination Anniversary Noted
Category: Biographical
‘Tiny’ American Flags ‘Giant’ Support For POWs
By N. LA VERL CHRISTENSEN Scripps League Newspapers In their dark days as prisoners of war in Vietnam, four American Air Force and Navy officers – cellmates at the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” POW camp – decided to conduct a Sunday church service in the hope this would boost morale. Navy Pilot Mike McGrath of Delta,… Continue reading ‘Tiny’ American Flags ‘Giant’ Support For POWs
Book Recalls Earhart Tragedy
Amelia Earhart’s ill-fated round-the-world flight attempt in 1937 and the long, fruitless search for her and her navigator has one of the most extensively-covered news stories of that era. Tragic and still a mystery to a considerable extent, that episode and Earhart’s many successful exploits will be remembered this week, 50th anniversary of the solo trans-Atlantic flight of… Continue reading Book Recalls Earhart Tragedy
Vaccine date remembered
“Salk Anti-Polio Vaccine Declared Safe, Effective” That message, proclaimed by newspaper headlines 25 years ago this month, announced one of the landmark breakthroughs in medical history. “The vaccine works.” Those were the first words spoken April 12, 1955 at Ann Arbor, Mich., where the results of a scientific evaluation of mass testing among more than… Continue reading Vaccine date remembered
In BYU Development – Wilkinson’s Stewardship
University president, lawyer, philanthropist, spokesman for Americanism and other worthy causes – these are some of the titles earned by Dr. Ernest L. Wilkinson, whose funeral services will be held Monday. And with each title, a touch of the superlative needs to be added. As president of Brigham Young University for 20 years, he became… Continue reading In BYU Development – Wilkinson’s Stewardship
Devoted City Official
To know Ray Murdock was to share his friendship – and today has many, many friends mourn his death following a two-month illness and multiple surgeries. Mr. Murdock, immediate past Provo City commissioner, served eight years in the post before retiring from politics a year ago. It was in this period that he became best… Continue reading Devoted City Official
Teachers Negotiations Act
Extending school teacher salary negotiations deep into the summer, a trend of recent years in Utah, ought to be changed for the good of the public. Each year a few school districts go “right down to the wire” in the negotiations while the public waits, not knowing whether a settlement will be reached in time… Continue reading Teachers Negotiations Act
Tribute to ‘Lone Eagle’
It is almost impossible for a generation that takes the time – and distance – annihilating jet and even space flight for granted to appreciate the tremendous excitement with which the world heard the news on May 21, 1927 that one man in a small, single-engine airplane had flown across the Atlantic Ocean. The only thing… Continue reading Tribute to ‘Lone Eagle’
Paul Salisbury, Master Artist
In the death of Paul Salisbury, Provo has lost one of its best-loved artists–a man known widely in America for his western art. Painting from a natural, realistic approach, Mr. Salisbury generally chose subjects from the western landscape and its inhabitants. Pioneers, Indians, cowboys, horses, cattle, wagons, rivers, mountains, deserts – these were his characters… Continue reading Paul Salisbury, Master Artist
Lyndon B. Johnson – Death of 36th President
Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, is dead. Mr. Johnson’s death of a heart attack Monday afternoon stunned the nation he served for so many years, first in the House of Representatives, as a naval officer in World War II, in the United States Senate, and as vice president and then… Continue reading Lyndon B. Johnson – Death of 36th President