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Hoover tribute marked by Eisenhower Nixon at West Branch
On Aug 10 1965 West Branch held the first posthumous Hoover birthday tribute with Eisenhower in attendance and Nixon as featured speaker. Attendees included Hickenlooper Miller Schmidhauser and local officials as stamps and ceremonies celebrated Hoover. Nixon urged stronger action against North Vietnam while Hoover’s legacy as humanitarian engineer and president was praised.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
the Gazette
Hoover
West Branch
New York City
Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Fabian Bachrach Sr
United States
Harry Truman
Duke University
U.S
Bourke Hickenlooper
Jack Miller
John R. Schmidhauser
Iowa City
R.G. Stuelke
West Branch Heritage Foundation
Jim Harper
Cedar Rapids
Stuelke
Herbert Hoover Jr
President Hoover
Donald Johnson
American Legion
Council of Free Nations
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Johnson
Pat
Nixons
Gazette
Cedar County
Dwight Eisenhower
Gazette Archives