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Lincoln CERTAIN BUSINESSMEN wished to I the White House of Lincoln because profits they would lose in black marl trade as a result of unification. Booth's n was that of an outraged Southenor w (coupled with his desire for fame), wished kidnap the president to give the rebels i a<jv;uiii? WIIIU aiiu IU iter duuiucni priMJiiei Booth made several attempts, document in police records, to carry out his plot pri to the actual assassination, yet no attemj were made to apprehend him. Instead, Col. Lafayette Baker, Head of t National Detective Police, with Swrotarv War Stanton, used Booth's idea and decid to execute the plan themselves. The ma groups attempting to abduct the presid( converged on Ford's Theatre April 12 carry out their plans. The result was Booth became obsess with his hatred of Lincoln and overcoi with his desire to gain a small amount c notoriety. He then shot Lincoln and fl< successfully according to the new eviden< to freedom in Canada. Martin ?-? F rom page classic bits, including his theme heai song, "Ramblin' Man," with a plur cnorus 01 "i m a ramblm' guy." of 1 As stated previously, seeing wor Steve Martin live is the ultimate plur comic experience. His humor is plur highly visual; his facial ex- but pressions are hysterical. To he j capture the impact of a live perfonnance of Steve Martin on tape a sj is no easy task. he : Producer William McKuen has spri done an excellent job selecting the , sev( material that, without the listener just ai-iuaiiy witnessing steve's ovei routines, is in itself still very a F funnv. There are several highlights to Wei "Let's Get Small." A traditional viso Indian folk song, spiced up by ofth Martin to "give it that pop feel," is to h relentlessly funny. Another sevc ingenious bit is reminiscent of the with time Steve brought four dogs onto ther the "Tonight Show" stage to tell ovei some "dog jokes," encouraging us not at home to "go get the dog, he'll if love these jokes!" crea aboi ALTHOUGH HE usually doesn't this UC c* Intrant Ping-1 DEADLINES F( Women - O Men - Nc Come by roc Blatt P.E. < Hours: "? 8:30-5:00 m f ?!> < From p fid The movie proposes that another man wa of shot not Booth. It suggests Capt. Williar tet Boyd of the confederate army was cor >1? tracted by the conspiring members of th ho government to carry out the kidnapping to and he was shot accidentally by unio: a soldiers, not Booth. s. They justify their reasoning with corone ed reports that describe a man quite differen I OF f mm Rnnth TIid mon 11 visa a^uvvii. a aiv man utov,i 1UCVI iii til 5ts report was in his forties, had red hair, ai injured right ankle and a small bod he structure, as did Boyd. Booth, quite th of opposite, was much younger, had blac led hair, a broken left ankle and a much large ny body build. Jnt it is assumed that Booth was allowed t to remain free and the supposition of his deat! continued so the government officials woul ed be free from prosecution. Tie >f - THE HISTORICAL DISCREPANCIE; i . - . - - - io, brought out by the new evidence presente ze, in the movie is bountiful. The producer hope to reopen the case and subpoen ! 14 rd there was a convention of nbers in town and that about 30 r??????? hem wpre at his show. He ked up a joke especially for the nbers. Those of us who aren't u | nbers aren't exnertpH to apt it x a are asked to bear with him as Y jroceeds. rhis lawn supervisor was out on i u jrinkler maintenance job, and ? started working on a Finley \ nkler head with a Langstrom j ?n inch gangley wrench. Well, V then this little apprentice leans m - and says, "You can't work on ? 'inley sprinkler head with a X gstrom seven inch wrench! V I, this infuriated the super- V r, so he went and got volume 14 Jk le Kinsley manual. And he read im and says, 'the Langstrom X in inch wrench can be used y i the Finley sprocket!' Just i the little apprentice leans ^ I : and says, 'It says sprocket, ( socket!" X l\ Steve Martin can continue to y M ite new material (he invented U J \ it Sftminntpsnf npui mfinnlnoiio X 1 _J f -y past summer), he will J | (j hot commodity for a long time. V I \ ============= j j , lural ? j ong ||'\M )R ENTRIES: 5 ct. 26 X >v. 2 X >m 102 ? Zenter J =^3 x c Phone: 9 C 777-5261 y ' llliy age 14 s existing secret papers to prove their theo n Researcher Balsiger says, "We have i- vanced the Lincoln assassination sti e more in one year than it has been in t previous 122 years. Again, it's the storj n our government not telling us the tr auuui me Lancoin assassination." r The facts in the movie are documen it from recently discovered secret serv e papers, congressmen's diaries, lette n books, coded messages, and missing paj y of Booth's personal diary that have b< e discovered recently. k The movie, on an historical a r educational IrvpI i? nnitn * - , xjvuvv fTUl VIITTIII1C C intriguing. It tends to give the viewer a n o light in which to view our government an< h new doubt as to its honesty. In view d recent scandals, it seems to provide feeling of horror concerning the credibil of our ruling force. S As one viewer in the audience said, d still don't know who killed Kennedy, v\ s killed King or who broke into the Watergj a Hotel and all people involved, and now tli Stm 5 house ( iamonbs?? AT BOOZER SHOI ... 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The all-star cast includes Brad Dillion as nd Booth, John Anderson as Lincoln, Robert ind Middleton as Edwin Stanton, James Greene ew as William Boyd and more, all portraying rl thoir rPQno/'liv/n rnloe u?nll onrl M v. .v^|/w??fv iuivo ?>vu canu c*um/.ni^iy of similar in appearance to photographs of the a individuals portrayed. ity The movie is extremely valuable as an educational and historical medium, and the We efforts of those who developed it may well be 'ho an attempt to rewrite a portion of our ate country's history that for so long has been ley taken for granted. . 1 .p Phone:772-2095 J id FINE JEWELRY \ " PPING CENTER ? nal Jeweler & CAlflUM V jHvinw | sory Sale | ? $1.50 each j ? $1.40 each V ? $1.30 each Z ? $1.00 each ? o ? $.50 each y IK _ tO AA 1 ^ 7 w gold y any length 2 per in. t i ? - Chains - 2 | Popular "S" link in 7 14kt. yellow gold. y Att weighs -25%,off IX j ...M.iy other 14 kt. IV | Italian chains'20%'off ? Anklets, Initials 20%)off ^