Lou Henry Hoover First Lady of World Affairs
Born in Town in 1875 and raised in California Lou Henry Hoover married Herbert Hoover at 24 after meeting in a Stanford geology lab. She traveled with him on engineering trips, earned translation and scientific/history publications, aided relief efforts in Europe, and served with dignity as First Lady until her death in 1944.
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West Branch
Iowa
Stanford University
United States
Europe
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Home Loan Bank
Town
California
Lou Henry
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Veto Moves to Hike Salaries Stirs Congressional Battle
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill proposing about a 74 percent pay raise for 14 million federal workers including postal and Congressional staff. He offered a smaller increase tied to living costs, while Democrats push to override. The measure would also extend a 21 percent postal boost already set to expire.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Rockefeller Signals Support for GOP Ticket Amid Policy Split
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller indicated he will back the Republican ticket this fall despite policy disagreements with Vice President Nixon. At the 52nd state executives conference, Rockefeller left himself wiggle room in press remarks but stated he would not bolt the party and thinks he can find common ground to campaign for Nixon. The development comes as Kennedy supporters view Sen. Kennedy as close to the nomination and several holdout governors weigh their stance ahead of the Los Angeles convention.
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Jack Bell
Glacier National Park
Mont
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Nixon
New York
Stephen L. R. MecNichols
Colorado
Hawaii
McNichols
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Harry S. Truman
Los Angeles
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Missouri
Price Hiked For Drivers Licenses In Kansas
Kansas drivers and chauffeur licenses rise by one and two dollars effective Friday after a 1959 Legislature law. Revenue funds driver education programs via a special state-wide fund managed by the state superintendent. license costs go from 1 to 2 dollars and from 3 to 4 dollars. License cards will be mailed and returned with payment to the Vehicle Department in Topeka. licenses will be mailed back.
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Kansas
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Topeka
Bloom closet brings beauty services to Englewood hospital
Englewood hospital volunteers establish a bloom closet to provide beauty treatments to women patients. The service offers salon appointments or bedside glamor wagon visits, funded by the hospital auxiliary.
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Englewood, N. J
Englewood Hospital
Inez and Agnes Name Origins
A note explains that Inez is the Spanish form of the girl’s name Agnes. The piece links the two names as linguistic variants and mentions cultural naming practices.
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Inez
Agnes
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Herbert Clark Hoover
Charles Curtis
North Topeka
Shawnee County
House of Representatives
Lawrence Journal-World
Jimes-Mirror Syndicate
Rocky
Edmund G. Brown
Robert R. Meyner
New Jersey
Hershel C. Loveless
George Docking
Bill Bodin
Bill Bodin, Inc
Ind
Maupintour Associates
Gene Drake
Mass
Viking
American Society of Travel Agents
SCOTT
CC Igaleva
N.H
Hawkeye
Hamburg Grill
Hamburg
Vernon
Jack Jenkins
State Highway Commission
Motor Vehicle Department
Associated Press
Chicago
Journal - World
H.P
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