. Civil War officers. Confederate . JeftenonDavisiobovejand hand, did want toRobert E. Lee, who last the rejoin the Union andwar—and their citizenship work io rebuild the ? defeated South. Hea sent President John-| son the oath of alle-| to the Consti-tution, which was re-quired for a specialpardon, Unfortu-nately, his oath waslost —- or perhapsJohnson simply ig-nored n. Lee died,still a noncitizen, in1870 A century later,researcher ElmerParker discovered ihemisplaced oath in acardboard box at the National Archives Finally, after more than UK) years of neglect,the two Confederate leade
. Civil War officers. Confederate . JeftenonDavisiobovejand hand, did want toRobert E. Lee, who last the rejoin the Union andwar—and their citizenship work io rebuild the ? defeated South. Hea sent President John-| son the oath of alle-| to the Consti-tution, which was re-quired for a specialpardon, Unfortu-nately, his oath waslost —- or perhapsJohnson simply ig-nored n. Lee died,still a noncitizen, in1870 A century later,researcher ElmerParker discovered ihemisplaced oath in acardboard box at the National Archives Finally, after more than UK) years of neglect,the two Confederate leaders weie given backtheir citizenship through special resolutions ofCongress. Citizenship was granted to Lee on July22, 1975, and to Davis on Oct. 17, The Blue People of Kentucky n 1962, Luke Combs took his sick wife to ;heUniversity of Kentucky Hospital But it wasntMrs. Combs who attracted attention. Said 11. Behien U, then a medical studentand researcher at the hospital, Luke was just as blueas Lake Louise on a cool summer day. A team led by Dr. Madison Cawein made a medi-cal study of I ukes condition and found that he hadNhemot 1kh.!m , h rare blood disease caused by • k M ~-~ ~.~ ...r IMiiiiiWillSii
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