Eleanor Roosevelt pleaded to die during final illness in 1962
Elliott Roosevelt recounts his mother Eleanor Roosevelt suffering from anemia and long undetected tuberculosis in her final months. She allegedly asked to be allowed to die and secretly refused medicine, while the Roosevelt children reflect on their fractured family ties and lack of comfort for their mother.
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New York
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sont Elliott
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Current Ladies Home Journal
Anna
David Gurewitsch
Eleanor
Dr. Gurewitsch
John
Franklin Jr
Elliott
James
Roosevelt Library
Hyde Park
N.Y
Hem
FBI Paid 300 Spies in Left Wing Unit Exposed
FBI documents reveal more than 1.6 million dollars paid to 300 informants over 16 years targeting the Socialist Workers Party. Informants, all party members, varied payrolls up to 190 at a time. one received 32,720 to sow dissent. The party and Young Socialist Alliance total 2,500 members. no indictments followed after 1940.
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Washington
FBI
Socialist Workers Party
Socialist Workers
The
Young Socialist Alliance
Bureau
Justice Department
GOP says Carter keeps more promises than he breaks
The Republican National Committee asserts President Carter kept more campaign promises than he broke. Their study shows about 874 promises as a candidate, reduced to under 540 after duplicates. Of these, 121 are claimed as kept, 77 as broken, with many in limbo or partially fulfilled.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Carter
GOP
Studies disprove fears cash would fuel booze and race tracks
Washington AP government studies challenge worries that cash payments to poor people replacing food stamps would be spent on liquor or gambling. DEH W and Agriculture Department officials say low income households spend more on food and housing and less on transport and entertainment. Foreman cites 16 million current food stamp recipients and 3 million more likely to sign up if cash were allowed.
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Washington
Aop Agriculture Department
Carol Tucker Foreman
Food and Consumer Services
Joseph Fisher
D-Va
President Carter
Fisher
Foreman
Department of Health, Education , and
House Welfare Subcommittee
Carter
Congress
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Lakewood Center
Watt
Chotiner & Gambiner
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