Archive for August, 2012

BACK TO SCHOOL ON A THOMAS BUILT BUS

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Perley A. Thomas Car Works, makers of street cars, went into the school bus business in 1936.

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Perley A. Thomas

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PEGGY LIPTON TURNED 66 TODAY

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Actress Peggy Lipton best known for her role as Julie Barnes
in the ABC television series “The Mod Squad” (1968-1973). 

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THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

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Chicago, 1952

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Douglas MacArthur giving the keynote address

1952 delegates

Convention delegates show their support for Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Phrase “I Like Ike” became one of the most famous campaign slogans in
U.S. history.

 

                      i like ike

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U.S. Sen. Richard Nixon and Dwight D. Eisenhower with their wives at the
1952 Republican convention

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DIRECT FROM NBC CONVENTION CENTRAL

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Newscasters (L-R) Chet Huntley and David Brinkley

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RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH IS 89 TODAY

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Richard Samuel Attenborough (Baron Attenborough) is an English actor,
director, producer and entrepreneur. He is the current President of the
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

As a film director and producer, he won two Academy Awards for Gandhi
in 1982. He has also won four BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe
Awards
. As an actor he is perhaps best known for his roles in Brighton
Rock
(1947), The Great Escape (1963), 10 Rillington Place (1971),
Miracle on 34th Street
(1994) and Jurassic Park (1993).

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From left: James Stewart and Richard Attenborough from “Flight
of The Phoenix”

 

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From “Miracle on 34th Street”

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