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Business Leader, Nixon Friend Carl Karcher Dies at 90
He was an Ohio farm boy with an eighth-grade education who turned his $326 investment in a hot dog stand into the multimillion-dollar Carl's Jr. fast food chain. He died January 11 at St. Jude's Medical Center in Fullerton of the aftereffects of a stroke and...
RN’s 95th Celebrated With Ceremony and Praise: Navy Admiral lays wreath, Sen. Simpson speaks
More than 350 visitors gathered at the Nixon Library on Wednesday, January 9, to celebrate the 95th anniversary of his birth, beginning with a formal wreath laying ceremony at the President's grave, just steps from the 37th President's modest birthplace. The ceremony...
Korean Ambassadors at Nixon Library Jan. 25
Ambassador Lee Tae-sik of the Republic of Korea and Ambassador Alexander Vershbow of the United States will discuss Korean-American trade, security on the Korean peninsula, and other issues important to Korean-American relations in a public dialogue at the Nixon...
Ron Walker on Passing of Old Friend Jack D’Arcy: Walker ran RN advance during D’Arcy’s trips
"Jack D'Arcy played a big part in all of President Nixon's travels.He and Tim Elboune were the Press Advance team who helped me with the care and feeding of the White House Press Corps while we planned and prepared all trips, both domestic and international. These...
Nixon White House Staffer, Charles Stuart, Dies at 69
Charles Stuart, Union College class of 1959, died August 19, 2007 at the ageof 69 at his home at Rose Hill [not Rose Hills Manor] in Port Tobacco, Maryland. Charles grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and after Union served in the U.S. Army, then worked in several jobs...
Wreath Laying Ceremony on 94th Anniversary of Nixon’s Birthday
[youtube https://youtu.be/Cl7CxVyx5x4] January 9, 2007: Wreath laying at the memorial sites of President and Mrs. Nixon. Remarks by John H. Taylor and Deputy Commander Patrick McGrath (United States Navy).
Art Linkletter at the Nixon Library
[youtube https://youtu.be/vE0YxiygJtQ] January 2007: The TV commentator talks about his remarkable life in show business and "How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life."
Jerris Leonard, 75; Oversaw the Desegregation of Schools Under Nixon
By Patricia Sullivan, Washington Post: Jerris Leonard, an assistant attorney general for civil rights during the Nixon administration and the first administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, died of complications of liver cancer July 27 at a...
Nixon, Agnew Aide Roy Goodearle Dies at 81
Announcement from the Houston Chronicle of May 28, 2006: JAMES ROY GOODEARLE passed away on Wednesday, the 24th of May, 2006 surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harold Lee Goodearle and Mary Griggs Goodearle and his...
History finds room to land
By Eleeza V. Agopian and Cindy Arora, The Orange County Register: RIVERSIDE – The Army colonel was eating dinner with his family in his Virginia home, dreading the shrill sound of the fire-engine red rotary phone in his bedroom. "I knew it was coming," said retired...