Adlai Stevenson

McManus: The Gingrich playbook

2012-02-02 00:00:00

Newt Gingrich says he's staying in the Republican presidential race all the way to the GOP convention in August, and that he's willing — even eager — to fight for the nomination on the convention floor. But does he have a chance? Gingrich and...

Charles T. Manatt dies at 75; Democratic Party leader and diplomat

2011-07-23 00:00:00

Charles T. Manatt, who founded one of the biggest and most influential law firms in Los Angeles and then became a political power as chairman of the state and national Democratic parties, died Friday night. He was 75. Manatt died at Kindred Hospital in...

Book review: 'Eisenhower 1956: The President's Year of Crisis — Suez and the Brink of War' by David A. Nichols

2011-03-06 00:00:00

Eisenhower 1956: The President's Year of Crisis — Suez and the Brink of War. David A. Nichols Simon & Schuster: 346 pp., $28 As the Middle East has trembled in recent weeks, the Obama administration has struggled for a coherent and forceful...

Leonard Weinglass dies at 77; defense lawyer in Pentagon Papers case

2011-03-25 00:00:00

Leonard Weinglass, a crusading lawyer who championed radical and liberal causes and clients in some of the most controversial trials of the 1960s and '70s, including the Chicago 7 and Pentagon Papers cases, died Wednesday in New York City. He was 77. The...

L.A. schools chief vows to use evaluation data to help teachers

2010-08-25 16:34:58

Literary auction at Bonhams & Butterfields today

2010-10-04 16:34:15

Kennedy Visits L.A.!

2010-11-01 16:32:53

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 7, 1960

2010-01-07 16:32:48

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 9, 1960

2010-01-07 21:32:49

Paul V. Coates – Confidential File, Jan. 18, 1960

2010-01-18 16:32:53

Dixon Gayer dies at 92; Orange County's liberal voice in 1960s

2010-06-01 00:00:00

Dixon Gayer thought the politics of 1960s Orange County cried out for a voice of moderation. So he invented one. Gayer was an admittedly liberal columnist writing in conservative Orange County when the ultraconservative John Birch Society was a political...

Vermont town weighs cat leash law

2010-06-16 21:34:43

Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.

2012-02-08 09:51:58

The shadow of Middletown's old municipal building is imposed on this circa 1960 view of Main Street and the Center Street neighborhood behind the Main Street buildings. MANDATORY CREDITWesleyan University Special Collections/Middletown Press Collection.

2011-08-20 07:00:00

Adlai Stevenson was no more attractive to The Sun in his rematch with Eisenhower than he had been in 1952.

2011-01-21 00:00:00