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  Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas on August 27, 1908 in a small farmhouse in a poor area on the Pedernales River.
Johnson was known among his colleagues for his highly successful "courtships" of older Senators, especially Senator Richard Russell, patrician leader of the Southern bloc and arguably the most powerful man in the Senate.
Johnson died at 4:33 PM on January 22, 1973 from a third heart attack at his ranch, at the age of 64.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lyndon_Johnson   (3782 words)

  
 Russell Johnson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Russell David Johnson (born November 10, 1924, in Ashley, Pennsylvania), is an American television and film actor best known as The Professor on the CBS television sitcom Gilligan's Island.
Johnson was typecast in this sort of role, but he has willingly participated in all reunion movies, cartoons, and other events related to the program.
Johnson has been a full-time volunteer for AIDS research fundraising since his son was diagnosed and in the years since his death.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Russell_Johnson   (448 words)

  
 Johnson v. State (2/17/95) ap-1390
Russell G. Johnson and his brother John J. Johnson were indicted for kidnapping, sexual assault in the first degree, sexual assault in the second degree, and assault in the third degree.
Russell Johnson individually contends that the trial court erred in refusing him discovery of a presentence report dealing with an offense previously committed by L.K. John Johnson separately claims that his sentence is excessive.
The court sentenced Johnson to the minimum term of five years for his kidnapping and ordered two years of that sentence to be served consecutively to the eight-year term for sexual assault, for a composite term of ten years.
www.touchngo.com /ap/html/ap-1390.htm   (2780 words)

  
 H-Law | Reviews
Johnson did have one important role in the controversy--he ensured that the Army-McCarthy hearings were televised--but beyond that move, the most striking aspect of his handling of McCarthy came in his caution.
Johnson and Morse had not had a warm relationship at any point in their careers--nor would they in the future, when Morse emerged as a chief critic of then-President Johnson's foreign policy.
Johnson's failed presidential bid had one important result, however--he concluded that, if he were to have a future in national politics, he would have to deliver a Senate program that would appeal to liberals outside his regional base.
www.h-net.msu.edu /~law/reviews/carora.htm   (4279 words)

  
 Bantam Dell Publishing Group | Taken by Thomas H. Cook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Russell leaned back and drew in a quick desperate breath, his eyes now fixed on the empty sky beyond the shattered cockpit window, where, in the distance, the blue lights hung again, calm, soothing, a promise of peace.
Russell felt nothing but the warm, soothing light until, second by second, the light faded, and he felt the earth beneath him, heard the sound of wind rippling through a field of wheat.
Russell glanced down and saw that he was naked too, and that the soft flesh of his abdomen was utterly unharmed.
www.randomhouse.com /bantamdell/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0-440-24126-X&view=excerpt   (1841 words)

  
 Russell Johnson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Mister Johnson joined the Army Air Corps in World War II and served as a gunner on bombers.
Johnson's (The film industry of the United States) Hollywood career began in 1952, and his early roles were primarily in (A film about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development) westerns and (Literary fantasy involving the imagined impact of science on society) science fiction.
Johnson was typecast in this sort of role, and seems to have regarded his stint as The Professor as a mixed blessing.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ru/russell_johnson.htm   (223 words)

  
 The City of Rittman Minutes 11-26-02
Russell advised the reason he thinks sections 10 and 11 should be removed and considered separately is that the remainder of the salary ordinance involves other city employees.
Russell said he thought this is why sections 10 and 11 of the current salary ordinance should be discussed separately.
Russell again said he thought any employee receiving retirement benefits must be off the payroll at least two months before continuing to work.
www.rittman.com /minutes/cm011126.htm   (2650 words)

  
 Russell Johnson Nature Trail - Supporting Bethel, Bethel College
Perhaps you are one of the countless lives for whom Russell Johnson made a profound impact in the classroom.
Russell always took his students outside to learn things that can't be learned in a classroom.
The nature trail was dedicated the Russell Johnson Nature Trail this fall as part of the Bethel College Homecoming festivities on October 17-19.
www.bethel.edu /development/Opportunities/nature-trail.html   (340 words)

  
 Russell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Russell's long period of work and contact with musicians contributes to the overall significance of his collection.
Russell’s work was also his life: he was totally immersed in the cultural milieu that was jazz.
Russell lived in the Quarter and was in constant contact with jazz people in their environment.
hnoc.org /russell.htm   (342 words)

  
 Company News On Call
Russell joined the utility in 1981 in the general services department and has held increasingly responsible positions in material services, economic development, customer service and electric customer operations.
Johnson is currently president and chief executive officer of CMS Energy Corporation's international electric and gas distribution unit, CMS Electric and Gas Company.
Johnson joined Consumers Energy in 1970 as a meter reader and held increasingly responsible positions in its Pontiac, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Jackson offices.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/10-15-2001/0001592274   (454 words)

  
 Russell Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Johnson received a Bachelor's Degree in Public Service Management from the University of Redlands, California in 1980 and an Associate of Arts Degree in Fire Science from the San Bernardino Jr.
Johnson supervised eleven staff members including a GIS specialist, and managed a fire management program with a $10 million budget.
Johnson was a deputy fire chief for the San Bernardino National Forest.
www.pwpl.com /fire/board/johnson.htm   (328 words)

  
 Russell Johnson - Johnson's Russia List 2-15-03
Russell was born on June 9, 1918 in Farmington, Minn., son of Walter Johnson and Mary Swain Johnson.
Russell is also survived by his sister, Alice Loveless, of Avinger, Tex. and her husband Leonard.
Russell Johnson was employed by the American Friends Service Committee from 1950 to 1984 as Peace Education Secretary in the New England office.
www.cdi.org /russia/johnson/7063-1.cfm   (478 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Lady Bird : A Biography of Mrs. Johnson (Lisa Drew Books (Hardcover)): Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Russell paints a fascinating portrait of Johnson--a far tougher and shrewder woman than the dutiful image she presented as first lady in the 1960s--but she also unsparingly depicts LBJ as a mighty poor husband, something his intensely loyal spouse could never countenance.
Russell's engaging new biography of Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson, written in part as a corrective to Robert Caro's multi-volume LBJ bio, Path to Power, is an attempt to move its subject out from under her husband's shadow.
Johnson, Russell presents a complex portrait of an intelligent woman trapped in the social conventions of a "Southern matron," whose idealization of her father colored her relationship with her husband and whose commitment to social justice helped shape LBJ's war on poverty.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684814803?v=glance   (1504 words)

  
 Russell Johnson, Department of History, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Johnson's research focuses on the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century United States, specifically the impact of Civil War military service on soldiers and their families.
In addition to a monograph on the Civil War's impact on urban-industrial development in the United States, he is working on a project to study the experience of disability, aging, and widowhood in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century using Civil War pension records.
Johnson can work with students interested in writing long essays and theses on most topics in United States history, especially U.S. social and cultural history and the period 1860 to the present.
www.otago.ac.nz /history/staff/russell_j.html   (320 words)

  
 Texas Monthly November 1997: Behind the Lines
Judging just from these tapes, Johnson seems to have had, for all his multitude of staff, advisers, and acquaintances, only four real friends in all the world, only four people to whom he can reveal himself without fear of some betrayal large or small.
And the last is Richard Russell, Johnson's brilliant mentor in the Senate whose career then and place in history now are tainted by his unwavering commitment to segregation.
Johnson once told a reporter from Time that Robert Kennedy had been "operating a damned Murder Incorporated in the Caribbean." If the assassination of JFK were linked to Cuba, as Johnson thought possible, then it could only be a response to Robert Kennedy's adventurism against Castro and his regime.
www.texasmonthly.com /mag/1997/nov/btl.1.php   (1591 words)

  
 Russell W. Johnson Nature Trail, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
The Russell W. Johnson Nature Trail is named in honor of Russ Johnson, Associate Professor of Biology who began teaching at Bethel in 1951 and continued teaching until 2000.
The Russell W. Johnson Nature Trail winds its way around the perimeter of the Bethel University Campus in St. Paul, MN.
The trail passes through or by oak savannah, the littoral zone of Lake Valentine, a wet meadow, lowland cottonwood forest, upland oak-maple forest, wetlands, groves of conifer trees planted by Russ and his students, and the campus tall grass prairie.
www.bethel.edu /greencouncil/naturetrail   (176 words)

  
 Alibris: Russell Johnson
Russell Johnson and Kerry Moran open a window on a magical land of pure light and dazzling color where the temporal and the eternal unite in every feature of the landscape.
In this portrait of Dubuque, Iowa, Russell Johnson combines personal narratives with social, political, and economic analysis to shed new light on what the War meant for one city and for the rapidly growing north.
Johnson examines the experiences of Dubuque's soldiers and their families to answer crucial questions: What impact did the Civil War...
www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Russell_Johnson   (745 words)

  
 Russell Johnson - Travelmedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Johnson is editor and publisher of The Connected Traveler magazine, one of the premiere travel sites on the World Wide Web, which also produces custom audio and video travel features and news for other publications and clients:
Johnson serves on the Board of Directors of the Pacific Asia Travel Association and is vice-chair of its advisory committee for sustainable tourism.
Johnson was a broadcaster for 25 years, and has worked as a documentary producer, writer, newscaster, satirist and commercial announcer for major TV and radio stations in the United States.
www.travelmedia.com /personnel.html   (379 words)

  
 Lucerne Summer Festival 2001 part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
I was urged by Russell to stress the key role of the Project Director in concert hall planning and negotiations.
The bottom line in Russell Johnson's ARTEC company's design philosophy is absolute silence within any new auditorium for which they are prepared to become a member of the design team, and that, says Johnson, can only be achieved with non-stop attention to detail.
Johnson has learnt from unsatisfactory experiences in earlier projects, reluctantly undertaken, aimed to improve the acoustics in existing halls, and he has declined pressing invitations to do so in several cities including London.
www.musicweb-international.com /SandH/2001/Aug01/Lucerne1.htm   (1590 words)

  
 Russell Johnson
At age eight, his father passed away and Russell was sent to Girard College, a school for "poor white male orphans." There Russell was an average student and joined the Army after graduating.
From this Russell made several B-movies, among the most noted were This Island Earth, Attack of the Crab Monsters, and It Came From Outer Space.
After Russell's father passed away, my father (pictured with Russell and his brothers) remembers that my Uncle would drive Russell's mother to Girard College where she would visit the boys at school.
www.gilligansisle.com /russell.html   (552 words)

  
 CNN - Doubts plagued LBJ on Vietnam early in the war - Feb. 15, 1997
Russell, one of Johnson's political mentors, describes the precarious situation of South Vietnam as "the damnedest worst mess that I ever saw...
Johnson said he had felt the same way for six months, and told Russell his top advisers were telling him the United States had no choice but to show power and force in Vietnam.
Johnson expressed concern about the political implications, in an election year, if he pulled the United States out of Vietnam.
www.cnn.com /US/9702/15/lbj.vietnam   (537 words)

  
 [340 NLRB No. 128]Glesby Wholesale, Inc., 32-CA-19146(E)
On October 1, 3 days after the second alleged interrogation, Russell Johnson was sent home for the day, allegedly because of his union activity, when he arrived at work late due to a pre-approved doctor’s appointment.
The key issue in the case was whether employee Eugene Johnson was a temporary employee as contended by the Applicant.
The alleged interrogations were also directly relevant to the allegations that Russell Johnson was unlawfully denied work and that Eugene Johnson was unlawfully terminated.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/340/340-128.htm   (2931 words)

  
 Lucent Sucks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In it, plaintiff demanded that Johnson "immediately cease and desist from engaging in or permittingany further or future use of the Lucent Marks..." (Opp.
Johnson gave counsel his new address during that call, and counsel sent a copy of the complaint to that address.
We find that, based on the allegations in plaintiff's complaint, Russell Johnson, the listed registrant of defendant lucentsucks.com would be "a person who would have been a defendant in a civil action under paragraph (1)." [FN6] Therefore, proceeding any further in rem is not appropriate.
www.lucentsucks.com   (5511 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Walls of Jericho : Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell and the Struggle for Civil Rights: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Robert Mann, a veteran Senate aid, recalls the political courage of Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas and Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota against the Senate.
The tenacity and creativity of Johnson and Humphrey led to Russell's demise and the passing of John F. Kennedy's civil rights bill in 1965.
Johnson, however, undercut Humphrey's effectiveness as vice-president, and Russell's friendship with Johnson broke down during a conflict over a judicial appointment.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0151000654?v=glance   (1635 words)

  
 Kimmel Center, Inc. > Fact Sheets & Bios > Russell Johnson
Johnson has focused on the acoustics and theater planning of buildings for the performing arts since 1946.
Johnson studied theater planning and architecture at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Yale University.
Johnson recently received the Wallace Clement Sabine Medal, the highest honor in the art and science of architectural acoustics given by the Acoustical Society of America.
www.kimmelcenter.org /news/facts.php?facts=Johnson   (479 words)

  
 LBJ in the Oval Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Johnson goes on to express strong doubts about American involvement.
Johnson sought the views of his mentor and friend regarding American involvement in Vietnam.
Johnson discusses race preferences in press office appointments.
www.hpol.org /lbj/vietnam   (201 words)

  
 Russell "Carl" Johnson
Johnson was born Oct. 12, 1892 at Greenleaf, KS.
Johnson preceded him in death on April 21, 1976.
She was born March 1, 1898 in Brainerd, Minn. and was reared and attended school in South Dakota, TX, New Mexico and Lewis, Colo. She married Carl R. Johnson May 16, 1917 in Dolores, CO. In 1920 they moved to Melba where they farmed until 1950 when they moved to Portland.
home.att.net /~markj/ps05/ps05_174.htm   (389 words)

  
 BCRA Racing Online
Johnson moved by Rodela for second on the third round.
Russell also made his move as Johnson attempted to retake the lead exiting the fourth turn.
Johnson backed off to avoid striking Rodela, but Russell was unable to check in time to avoid nurfing Johnson in the left rear, sending Johnson into a spin for the second caution period.
www.bcraracing.com /Midgets/News/2002/May18-Madera.htm   (700 words)

  
 Hogan's Interviews | Russell Johnson
Johnson had been doing cartoons for the magazine since 1925, while at the same time helping his father run his hardware store in Gibson City, Illinois.
Johnson: I suspect it was one winter [term].
Johnson: Once when I had the chicken pox, I had my secretary ink it for me. That was the only time I had help.
cagle.msnbc.com /hogan/interviews/johnson/home.asp   (4750 words)

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