Verne Orr Explains Reagan Leadership At City Club
Verne Orr told San Marino City Club that Ronald Reagan's management relies on clear guidance and selective delegation. He praised Reagan's body language, warned about Iran Contra fallout, and offered portraits of Weinberger Casey Baker Calucci and Nancy Reagan while critiquing the Grace Commission and budget practices.
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Ronald Reagan
San Marino
Verne Orr
Washington
Orr
Air Force
Reagan
Sacramento
Donald Regan
Regan
Howard Baker
Watergate
City Club
Defense
Casper Weinberger
Frank Calucci
CIA
William Casey
Nancy Reagan
Grace Commission
Congress
San Marino Plans American Home Week Activities
San Marino and South Pasadena real estate boards sponsor American Home Week April 26 through May 2 to highlight property ownership rights. The event features Homes with a History seminars, Open House Super Sunday, and student essay contests, backed by Lois Derry and Lil Montalvo.
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San Marino
South Pasadena
Lil Montalvo
Derry
San Marino-South Pasadena
Fire Substation Plan Approved With Repeater Tower Cost Rise
City approves a new fire substation with an additional repeater tower boosting costs by 1000 dollars. Allocations include one engine and reserve engine, one engineer, and two firefighters. The current station retains one engine and four personnel. The plan promises faster responses, earthquake safety, and a dedicated Emergency Operations Center.
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Robert Middlekauff
Huntington Library
San Marino
Huntington Library Trust
EOC
Huntington
Avondale Road
Orlando Road
Oxford Road
Euston Road
HNC
Huntington Drive
Caty
EOK
Along The Drive Jeremy Thorpe Quip Prompts Policy Satire
The line mimics a Bible verse to mock a political figure, suggesting he would sacrifice trends for his career. It frames Thorpe delivering a wry motto about political life during a campaign era. The quip uses humor to comment on public allegiance and self-interest.
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Jeremy Thorpe
RWC Of SM Names Outgoing Citizen Jacqueline Whitmore
Jacqueline Whitmore was named The Outstanding Citizen of San Marino by the Ican Women’s Club at a March meeting. She moved to San Marino in 1960 with her husband Edgar and has since led and supported numerous community efforts including Scouts, library docent work, Charity League thrift shop, American Cancer Society patient transport, and Republican Women’s Club leadership roles.
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Jacqueline Whitmore
San Marino
Ican Women's Club of
Jackie Whitmore
Edgar
Junior League
Valentine School
Huntington Library
National Charity League
American Cancer Society
Pasadena
Pro-American
Church of Our Saviour’s Food Center
el Monte
Republican Women’s Club
Legislation
Republican Board
Republican Women's Club of
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Ili
Edgar F. Whitmore Jr
Whitmore
Jacqueline van Viiet
Julianna van Viiet
Bundy Addresses Nuclear Policy at Huntington Lecture
McGeorge Bundy, NYU historian and former Ford Foundation president, spoke at the Huntington Library on March 16 about the history of nuclear policy from Roosevelt through Reagan. He argued the era's misperceptions fostered weapons buildup, noted the fallacy of a guaranteed winner in nuclear war, and described the Soviet American escalation toward assured destruction. The event is part of the Homer T. Crotty Lectures, named for a Huntington leader who expanded the library’s British and American studies collections.
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Homer T. Crotty
Friends of the Huntington Library
McGeorge Bundy
New York University
Ford Foundation
Kennedy
Johnson
Bundy
Huntington Library
Emenhower
Reagan
Sputnick
Bunds
SDI
Homer T Crotty
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Crotty
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Huntington
Past Mayor Hitchcock of San Marino dies at 97
Harry W. Hitchcock longtime San Marino mayor from 1960 to 1969 died of cardiac arrest at Mt. San Antonio Gardens in Pomona Claremont area where he had lived for 17 years He was born January 1 1890 in Lincoln Nebraska and grew up in Claremont California He attended Pomona College and Cornell University later joining Bell Laboratories and rising to a Pacific Telephone and Telegraph vice presidency His wartime service earned the Medal of Freedom He served as NATO Ambassador for Communications before entering San Marino politics He is survived by two sons and a brother with several grandsons in San Marino and Del Mar
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Hitchcock
Phi Beta Kappa
Cornell University
New York
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ATAT
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
War Production Board
West Coast
Eighth Army
U.S
Pacific Telephone
NATO
Paris
San Antonio Gardens
Hichcock
Henry S Hittchcock
del Mar
Edward M. Hichcock
Arthur B. Hitchcock
Portland
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