The shock of history: Roth remembers the 1950s Sep 15, 2008
" "Indignation" is set at fictional Winesburg College, a fantasy of what kind of campus might have existed in "Winesburg, Ohio," Sherwood Anderson's 1919 classic about a repressed Midwestern town. The college is dull, predictable, Christian the novel's narrator, Marcus Messner, is not. Messner is a highly intelligent, innocent, well-mannered Jewish atheist from Newark, N.J., a kosher butcher's son who has transferred from a small, hometown college. He feels stunned, even violated when pretty,... (Yahoo News)
Cross-country flight marks 90th anniversary of airmail Sep 11, 2008
Among the initial airmail pilots was a young Charles Lindbergh, who flew for the post office in the early 1920s as part of a squadron that often had to fly exclusively in the daylight, following railroad tracks and dirt roads to locate destinations. Lindbergh took off from Long Island on his historic 1927 trans-Atlantic flight to Paris. (Boston Globe)
Montauk: The Hamptons without hype Sep 10, 2008
Also on the radar: the 80-year-old (32 Star Island Rd.; 888/MYC-8668 or 631/668-3100; doubles from $289), where Charles Lindbergh once visited; its 107 rooms will undergo a multimillion-dollar overhaul during the next year. Shop. (CNN -- Travel)
Flight set to mark cross-country air mail Sep 10, 2008
Among the initial air mail pilots was a young Charles Lindbergh, who flew for the Post Office in the early 1920s as part of a squadron that often had to fly exclusively in the daylight, following railroad tracks and dirt roads to locate destinations. Lindbergh took off from Long Island on his historic 1927 trans-Atlantic flight to Paris. (The Trentonian, NJ)
California International Air Show Salinas Sep 9, 2008
2008 marks the return of Salinas own Sean D. Tucker in the Oracle Challenger III, but this year its extra special as Sean returns as a member of the 2008 Class inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, joining the likes of John Glenn, The Wright Brothers, and Charles Lindbergh. Its been a busy year for Tucker, he was also inducted into the International Council of Air Shows (ICAS) Hall of Fame. (KSBW 8, CA)
Green.view: Win-win Sep 9, 2008
Eight years later, Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris and claimed it. xprize. (The Economist)
Huckaby: Math book for mill workers a treasure Sep 7, 2008
Babe Ruth hit 60 home runs in 1927 and Charles Lindbergh flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean - 1927 was a long time ago. According to the book's forward, it was written to help "young people of working age and adults already familiar with the cotton mill to learn math.". (Athens Banner-Herald)
Why the GOP Can't Just Blow Off Minorities Sep 5, 2008
Today is Sep 05, 2008. By William Jelani Cobb. (Slate)
More of this story Aug 31, 2008
Her son-in-law, Charles Lindbergh George, calls her an angel on earth. Over the years, Morris served as the first secretary/treasurer of the City of Garner, with a street named in her honor, is a 60-year member of the Easter Star and a Worthy Matron and member of Garner Baptist Church. (Searcy Daily Citizen, AR)
DVDs display Cathedral memories Aug 22, 2008
In the middle of the fight, the announcer asks the Stadium crowd to pray for a safe transatlantic flight for Charles Lindbergh, who was in the air at that very moment. After the prayer, the whole Stadium crowd, in unison, said, "Amen." Sugar remarked, "Now that's a cathedral.". (MLB.com -- NY Yankees Yankees)
Town's nascent role in aviation recognized Aug 16, 2008
"There is a wonderful story about Charles Lindbergh, the first day he visited Pratt and Whitney," Sullivan related. "He came across the river, to the original plant, on Capital Avenue. And he would be sure that the Pratt management team was very anxious to meet, arguably at that point, the most famous man in the world. But he arrived an hour early. And nobody was around - except the janitor. ... So when the Pratt team, who tried to recruit Lindbergh, eventually caught up with him, he was being... (East Hartford Gazette, CT)
The band has played on for decades Jul 27, 2008
This came just four months after Charles Lindbergh became the toast of Paris after arriving in the Spirit of St. Louis. Matousek and Hansen worked to preserve the band's early recorded music on a CD which is available at the post and may be used as a prelude to today's Municipal Band Concert, they said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Library holds on to its history Jul 20, 2008
Call it archaic, old-fashioned or outdated, but the system works for the private, nonprofit library, as it has since 1927, when Calvin Coolidge was president, Babe Ruth hit a record 60 homes runs, and Charles Lindbergh flew the first trans-Atlantic, nonstop, solo flight. That was also the year the eight ladies of the Cannon Beach Civic Club persuaded a local grocer to give up three shelves for library books. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Bullish on sports dreamers, doers Jul 13, 2008
Dozens of sidewalk medallions commemorate the early parades, such as the salute to Charles Lindbergh in 1927, and Schwalb considers it great karma that the lone two markers for sports parades (golfer Bobby Jones and swimmer Gertrude Ederle) are both in front of the museum. "We also have a photo of Jesse Owens in a convertible during his parade in 1936 that was taken directly in front of our building," said Schwalb. (Boston Globe)
Book Reviews: 'Apples and Oranges' and 'The Film Club' Jul 6, 2008
Book Reviews: 'Apples and Oranges' and 'The Film Club' - International Herald Tribune. Book Reviews: 'Apples and Oranges' and 'The Film Club. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Ramirez's actions are unacceptable Jul 1, 2008
And most fans - the ones who welcomed Manny back like Charles Lindbergh in the spring of '07 after he quit in the fall of '06 - will excuse anything Manny does. Because he can hit. (Boston Globe)
Our View: Wanted: A winning idea Jun 28, 2008
Charles Lindbergh made the first trans-Atlantic nonstop flight to win a $25,000 prize that had been on offer since 1919. A few years ago aerospace engineer Burt Rutan won the Ansari X-Prize of $10 million for building a ship that could go into space and return, and repeat the feat within two weeks, which jumpstarted the commercial space tourism industry. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Minn. Courthouse Attacker Long At Odds With Officials Jun 26, 2008
Wheeler was an outsider in Little Falls, a city of 8,500 best known for favorite son Charles Lindbergh, who made the first solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. Wheeler bore grudges toward the county, complaining about corruption and a conspiracy to make his life difficult, officials recalled Wednesday. (CBS News -- US)
Hostage taker fatally shot Jun 26, 2008
Little Falls, a town of about 8,000 people, is best known as the childhood home of Charles Lindbergh. Bjerga hadn't confirmed whether visitors to the building were required to pass through a metal detector, but he said security isn't as tight as it is in some county government buildings. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Junketing around the Junction, June 12 Jun 13, 2008
Other people are Sgt. York, Charles Lindbergh, Douglas MacArthur, Buffalo Bill, Audie Murphy, and Eddie Rickenbacker. The symbol on the medal is Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, poetry, medicine, commerce, and warriors. (Concord Journal, MA)
This Day in History Jun 13, 2008
On this date: In 1927, aviation hero Charles Lindbergh was honored with a ticker-tape parade in New York City. In 1944, Germany began launching flying-bomb attacks against Britain during World War II.. (Montana Standard, MT)
'G-Men and Journalists: Top News Stories of the FBI's First Century' Opens June 20 at the Newseum Jun 5, 2008
"Crime of the Century" recalls how the world was shocked in 1932 when the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped. A go-between communicated with the kidnapper via newspaper ads, and the Lindberghs paid a $50,000 ransom. (PR Newswire)
The immortalist May 27, 2008
Charles Lindbergh and Alexis Carrel, with their perfusion pump. Flying had a strange effect on the great aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh, leading him to team up with a French surgeon and embark on a quest for ever-lasting life ... What do you know about Charles Lindbergh. (BBC News -- UK)
Click for Full Story May 20, 2008
At 6:52 a.m. Central Texas time on May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y. aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France ... In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, New York, aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France. (KWTX.com, TX)
Musial's golden anniversary arrives May 14, 2008
05/13/2008 10:00 AM ET Musial's golden annivers 00000255 ary arrives Hall of Famer collected hit No. 3,000 fifty years ago By Robert Falkoff / MLB.com. Hall of Famer Stan Musial has been a fixture at Cardinals events over the years. (MLB.com -- St. Louis Cardinals)
Fewer Bases, More Baseball May 13, 2008
A single unvetted speech by Charles Lindbergh asserted that the three most important groups who have been pressing this country toward war are the British, the Jewish and the Roosevelt administration. Lindbergh had his defenders, a young Kurt Vonnegut among them, but leaders of America First like John T. Flynn, the anti-New Deal journalist who was head of the New York chapter, were aghast. (The American Conservative)
A Look Back in Time: Celebrity mimics friendship May 12, 2008
The nightmare of the Charles Lindbergh case was still recurring a year after the kidnapping and murder of the aviator's son and the May 12, 1933, Casper Tribune-Herald published a claim that the body found wasn't the Lindbergh boy. Major players -- A Cheyenne grand jury involved in a federal investigation of conspiracy to violate Prohibition in Casper handed out indictments and three officials were named as defendants in the conspiracy. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Marion native returns home to speak to SIU graduates ... Earthquake conference draws participants from five states ... ‘Pay to play’ ban advances, faces uncertain Senate future ... Nathan Herron on CMT show tonight ... ';var marqueewidth="350px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#FFFFFF";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}}Saturday, May 10, 2008 Danny Cox in the hangar at the Williamson County Airport. Cox learned to fly at the old Marion airport. (TOM KANE PHOTO) Marion native returns home to speak to SIU graduates May 10, 2008
Newton was friends with Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh and Harvey Firestone. Late in life Newton found himself needing money and started a real estate business in the lobby of a hotel in Ft. Myers. (Marion Daily Republican, IL)
A tribute to heroes May 2, 2008
Kindergarten, second- and fourth-grade students participated in the concert that also explored the accomplishments of Jesse Owens, Nellie Bly, Booker T. Washington, Helen Keller and Charles Lindbergh. Hanson's parents are Keith and Kristi Hanson. (Chetek Alert, WI)
The Bogus $1 Million Meat Prize Apr 23, 2008
The commercial aviation industry would eventually be worth hundreds of billions of dollars, but when Charles Lindbergh made the trip in 1927, the prize itself was the payoff. So what's wrong with the PETA prize. (Slate)
Vision Quest: Contests Throughout History Apr 22, 2008
Prize for: The first nonstop flight between New York and Paris Offered by: Raymond Orteig Amount: $25,000 Winner: The Spirit of St. Louis, by Charles Lindbergh, in 1927. 1959. (FastCompany)
5 Areas Where Apple's iPhone Falls Short Apr 20, 2008
Consider this experiment: If, like Charles Lindbergh, you have to pare your travel-weight budget down to the bare essentials, you'll carry your BlackBerry and leave the iPhone at home. (That's what I'm doing next week when I head out to Web 2. (InformationWeek)
The last frontier of flying Apr 16, 2008
Think New York City taxi driver crossed with Charles Lindbergh. Bush pilots have a financial incentive to deliver passengers quickly in most weather conditions while dodging obstacles on the way. (International Herald Tribune)
RSVP column: Slain newsman had ties to N.D. Apr 13, 2008
This organization backed Charles Lindbergh Sr., a Progressive Republican, in his run for governor of Minnesota in 1918, and Liggett was hired to work on his campaign. After Lindbergh's defeat, Townley persuaded Liggett to move to North Dakota. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Human Smoke: The Beginnings Of World War II, The End OfCivilization Apr 12, 2008
Gandhi, H.G. Wells, Einstein, Christopher Isherwood, Stefan Zweig and Charles Lindbergh join the cast. There are few soldiers but these were the early days of the war when the meat-mincers of Europe and the Pacific hadn't really got going and the real story was yet to move to the battlefield. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
For Sox, Fenway opener will have a nice ring to it Apr 8, 2008
It wasn't so much the ring itself but the man who presented it to them in Sportsman's Park that spring of 1927: Charles Lindbergh, who had just made history's first transatlantic flight. "He was the most famous man on the planet," McNeal said, "but because some St. Louis businesses had helped sponsor his flight - that's why his plane was known as the Spirit of St. Louis - he was willing to come to give out the rings.". (Boston Globe)
The 'Isms' That Bedevil Bush Apr 2, 2008
Herbert Hoover supported it, and its greatest spokesman was the Lone Eagle, Charles Lindbergh. But America First did not make policy. (Human Events Online)
Shock and Awe Defined with Historical Memorabilia at Auction Apr 1, 2008
ATLANTA, March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Babe Ruth, Richard Nixon, Charles Lindbergh, Walt Disney, Mickey Mantle, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Grateful Dead, Ty Cobb, Elvis Presley, the Wright Brothers: Who could gather all of these names and many more in one location for one auction with NO MINIMUM OR RESERVE ... Autographed items from those who changed history such as Albert Einstein, Charles Lindbergh, and the Wright Brothers. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
National Press Club Releases '100 Key Dates in NPC History' Mar 31, 2008
June 11, 1927 - A reception is held by the NPC for Charles Lindbergh after his trans-Atlantic flight. August 25, 1927 - First tenant moves into the National Press Building. (PR Newswire)
The right to rally on Boston Common Mar 30, 2008
The city's own website says, "Boston Common continues to be a stage for free speech and public assembly. Here, during the 20th century, Charles Lindbergh promoted commercial aviation. Anti-Vietnam War and civil right rallies were held, including one led by Martin Luther King Jr. In 1979, Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass." If large assemblies are prohibited that will have to be changed to, "Boston Common used to be a stage for free speech and public assembly.". That the Menino administration... (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Donald Lopez; ace helped shape air museum Mar 28, 2008
Donald Sewell Lopez, whose father was a welder, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. His earliest memory was being taken to the ticker-tape parade for Charles Lindbergh when the trans-Atlantic aviator returned to New York. Colonel Lopez said he became hooked on fighter planes as a child after seeing "Wings," a 1927 silent Hollywood film about World War I.. (Boston Globe)
Monday, March 19, 1928: Lost Pilot Thought La Crosse Was St. Paul, Plane In Forced Landing In Catgut Slough Mar 26, 2008
Note: For a 1928 photo of Charles Lindbergh in a Swallow airplane (similar to the plane which landed on the ice at La Crosse in 1928), visit. Tell us what you think. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Going the distance with explorer Richard Byrd Mar 25, 2008
Byrd's exploits came in the era of ticker-tape parades down New York's Fifth Avenue -- he was a contemporary and rival of Colonel Charles Lindbergh, losing out to him in the race to fly the Atlantic nonstop. But, Rose comments, the "hero-celebrity [has] to constantly deliver" -- and "what the hero-celebrity was supposed to deliver was always a matter of slippery concern.". (Boston Globe)
Just a hotel? For some, it's an adventure Mar 21, 2008
Charles Lindbergh celebrated the first-ever solo trans-Atlantic flight in a Mayflower ballroom. Franklin Delano Roosevelt penned his first inaugural speech in Room 776. (International Herald Tribune)
Baltimore hosts Festival of Maps Mar 18, 2008
That exhibit includes a map of Colonial America from 1784, maps from ancient Rome and Babylonia, a chart used by Charles Lindbergh on his historic flight from New York to Paris, a Leonardo da Vinci map and a map made by the 16th century Flemish cartographer, Gerardus Mercator. Mercator is credited with developing a way of depicting the globe on a flat surface. (USA Today -- Travel)
* The new mother of invention Mar 16, 2008
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh made aviation history winning a US$25,000 prize for being the first pilot to fly nonstop between New York and Paris. Why have contests proliferated in recent years. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Experiencing A True Irish Draft Mar 16, 2008
It was also from here that Charles Lindbergh was first sighted on his historic 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic, and a cable was immediately sent to New York confirming that he had survived the 20-hour flight across the Atlantic. More importantly for me, a budding film buff, it was here that director David Lean was based while shooting his classic film "Ryan's Daughter." Who knows (my teenage imagination wondered), maybe I'd find my own seductive Sarah Mills brooding on the windswept beaches... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Ron Paul, American Artifact Feb 18, 2008
Listening to Dr. Paul, you can hear Charles Lindbergh, Father Coughlin, Gerald L.K. Smith and Huey Long live again ... Listening to Dr. Paul, you can hear Charles Lindbergh, Father Coughlin, Gerald L.K. Smith and Huey Long live again. (Townhall.com)
John Myers, 96; called legendary World War II test pilot Feb 11, 2008
While there, he invited Charles Lindbergh to fly in his P-61 to an airstrip in New Guinea. They had no trouble landing on the sod strip, but the P-61 that accompanied them came in so fast behind them that it nearly overshot the field, Lindbergh wrote in "The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh.". (Boston Globe)
Christopher H. Phillips, 87, state senator, ambassador Feb 11, 2008
When he was 7, he stood in for his ambassador father to welcome Charles Lindbergh to Brussels after the aviator completed his historic transatlantic flight in 1927. "I remember being stationed at the door of the elevator, and I recall vividly the door opening and this very tall, lean man in brown leather flying togs stepping out and accepting my handshake and my welcome to the American Embassy," he said in a Foreign Affairs Oral History Project of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and... (Boston Globe)
Elite Eight ... Final Four ... Then you make no. 1 call Feb 11, 2008
Charles Lindbergh, who flew the first nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927. FROM NEWS SERVICES. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
Football Mailbag Feb 9, 2008
Charles Lindbergh died. Gasoline cost 63 cent a gallon. (Arkansas Sports -- Rivals.com)
University of Wisconsin Feb 8, 2008
Even Charles Lindbergh called Madison home for two years in the early 1920s. AP. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NCAA Football)
New Yorkers get championship parade Feb 7, 2008
They've done it for Charles Lindbergh. Will it be a baseball team's turn again in 2008. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
Old medal takes on new shine Jan 31, 2008
Recipients include George Washington, Charles Lindbergh, Thomas Edison, Billy Graham, John Wayne and Mother Teresa. Like the rest of her U.S. team, O'Connor was unaware of that designation a generation ago. (Florida Times-Union)
You're A Champion. Why? Jan 30, 2008
He broke the world roller-coaster-marathon record in his first attempt--104 hours--on Coney Island's famous Cyclone in 1977 at age 18 as a tribute to Charles Lindbergh, his hero. Today, his motivations are intensely personal. (Forbes -- Business)
Invent a Drug, Win $1 Million Jan 24, 2008
And there are well-known precedents for this scheme: Over the past few centuries, prizes have been designated for a longitude-measuring device (announced 1714, for up to 20,000 British pounds), a nonstop flight from New York to Paris (announced 1919, for $25,000; eventually awarded to Charles Lindbergh), and private space travel (announced 1996, the $10 million X-Prize). The successful prizesthat is, those that found a winnertended to have a few features in common. (Slate)
More support for forest partnership plan Jan 16, 2008
Charles Lindbergh said, In wildness I sense the miracle of life Aldo Leopold quipped famously, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map. (Montana Standard, MT)
Flying telescope makes heavenly visit Jan 16, 2008
Sofia is a former Pan-Am 747 SP (special performance) passenger plane, one of only 45 made and formerly named the Clipper Lindbergh, after aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh ... Last year, Sofia was rededicated as the Clipper Lindbergh by Erik Lindbergh, the grandson of Charles Lindbergh. (CNET News.com)
The week's best films Jan 15, 2008
Enjoyable biopic of Charles Lindbergh, first man to fly solo across the Atlantic in 1927. Mostly concerned with the epic 33-hour flight from New York to Paris, which drew a fine solo performance from James Stewart, monologuing like mad in the cockpit with only a passing fly for company. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
A life of adventure Jan 12, 2008
In the annals of great heroic exploits, the conquest of Mount Everest by Hillary and Norgay ranks with the first trek to the South Pole by Roald Amundsen in 1911 and the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. By 1953, nearly a century after British surveyors had established that the Himalayan peak on the Nepal-Tibet border was the highest point on Earth, at 29,035 feet, or 8,850 meters, many climbers considered the mountain all but unconquerable. (International Herald Tribune)
NASA and X PRIZE Foundation to recognize 2007 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Award Winners Jan 10, 2008
They received a $5,000 prize and a trophy presented by Nancy Conrad, wife of the late Apollo astronaut Pete Conrad and creator of the prize, and Erik Lindbergh, X PRIZE Foundation Trustee, great-grandson of Charles Lindbergh and designer and sculptor of the trophy. The NASA Innovative Partnerships Program provided a total of $10,000 in grants for the top three teams. (NASA Watch)
The Allston bright one wins again Jan 5, 2008
Sure enough, none of the three contestants could pose the question for the final clue: "He was the 118th man to fly across the Atlantic Ocean." (The solution: Who was Charles Lindbergh. . (Boston Globe)
Dowagiac's WW I ace nominated for 'Hall' Jan 5, 2008
If Ken Porter becomes part of the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame, he would join such notables as Charles Lindbergh, 1945 Dowagiac graduate Capt. Iven Carl Kincheloe and other aviators and astronauts with Michigan roots. . (Dowagiac News, MI)
Oliver North: Person of the Year: The American Soldier Dec 28, 2007
Since Time began the tradition in 1927 by naming Charles Lindbergh as their Man of the Year, only twice has the magazine seen fit to bestow the title on U.S. servicemen. Though the magazine editors have frequently placed high-ranking military officers on their year-end cover, the troops they lead have received scant recognition. (Fox News)
