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Harry S Truman
Harry S. Truman 1884-1972, 33d President of the United States, b. Lamar, Mo. Early Life and Political Career He grew up on a farm near Independence, Mo., worked at various jobs, and tended the family farm. He served as a captain of field artillery in France in World War I. On his return from the... Read more |
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Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander A trailblazing African American who dedicated much of her life to civil rights causes, Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1898-1989) was the first black American to earn a doctorate in economics and the first black woman to graduate from the University of Pennsylvania... Read more |
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Fair Deal 1945-1953
FAIR DEAL FAIR DEAL was the phrase adopted by President Harry S. Truman to characterize the program of domestic legislation his administration sought to pass through Congress. In September 1945 Truman sent to Congress a twenty-one point program, based in part on the Democratic platform... Read more |
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Sherman Minton
Minton, Sherman (b. Georgetown, Ind., 20 Oct. 1890; d. New Albany, Ind., 9 Apr. 1965; interred Holy Trinity Cemetery, New Albany), associate justice, 1949–1956. President Harry S. Truman on 15 September 1949 nominated Minton to be associate justice to replace Wiley B. Rutledge, who had... Read more |
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NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health)
NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) falls under the umbrella of the government's medical research agency, the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIMH is the branch of the NIH that focuses on the brain, behavior,... Read more |
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Fair Employment Practices Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), established (1941) within the Office of Production Management by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was created to promote the fullest employment of all available persons and to eliminate discriminatory employment practices.... Read more |
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Clark McAdams Clifford
Clark McAdams Clifford 1906-98, U.S. government official, b. Fort Scott, Kans. Admitted to the bar in 1928, he engaged in private practice before serving (1944-46) in the U.S. navy. As special adviser (1946-50) to President Harry S. Truman , Clifford was influential in foreign policy, defense, and... Read more |
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Harold Hitz Burton
Harold Hitz Burton 1888-1964, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1945-58), b. Jamaica Plain (now part of Boston), Mass. Admitted to the bar in 1912, he built a prosperous law practice in Cleveland and taught law (1923-25) at Western Reserve Univ. (now Case Western Reserve Univ.). He later... Read more |
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Albert Coady Wedemeyer
Albert Coady Wedemeyer , 1897-1989, American general, b. Omaha, Nebr., grad. West Point, 1918. After service in China, the Philippines, and Europe, he was graduated (1936) from the general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., and was sent to the German general staff school. In World War II he... Read more |
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Hospital Survey and Construction Act
Hill-Burton Act (1946) Roger K. Newman Depression and war had taken their toll on hospitals by the end of World War II. Many hospitals had become obsolete, and over 40 percent of the nation's counties had no hospital facilities at all. In early 1945 Senators Lister Hill of Alabama and... Read more |
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Transcript of Clinton Remarks at Commissioning of USS Truman
...25 /U.S. Newswire...transcript of remarks made by President...today at the commissioning of the USS Harry S. Truman: Norfolk...Truman's ... |
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SKELTON TO SPEAK AT USS HARRY S. TRUMAN COMMISSIONING CEREMONY
...AT USS HARRY S. TRUMAN COMMISSIONING CEREMONY WASHINGTON...speak at the commissioning of America's newest nuclear...carrier, the USS HARRY ... |
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THE WHITE HOUSE: Remarks by the President at commissioning of the USS Harry...
...Secretary -- Remarks by the President at commissioning of the USS Harry S. Truman (C)1994...citizen; and Harry Truman was...My ship's going to come...and as ... |
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USS Harry S Truman joins the fleet
...Behind U.S. Diplomacy...as the USS Harry S. Truman, the world...contract. President Bill Clinton...Navy ship commissioning in 23 years...In his remarks, Clinton...of today's ... |
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Remarks By The Vice President at the USS Ronald Reagan Commissioning Ceremony.
...a transcript of remarks by the Vice President at the USS Ronald Reagan commissioning ceremony: Norfolk...recently on the USS Lincoln. (Laughter...arrives that the USS Ronald Reagan has...Stennis, and the ... |
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President to thank military personnel, families in visit to Navy base.
...escalates, President Clinton will...the nation's gratitude...aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt...to the U.S.-led NATO...relieve the USS Enterprise...July for the commissioning of the carrier Harry ... |
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