Word: florida
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Social Security. At Miami, speaking against a background of waving palm trees, Stevenson conceded that "there are honest criticisms to be made after 20 years of Democratic administration," but in Miami and Tampa, he listed the aid the New Deal had given Florida, e.g., assistance to the Jackson Memorial hospital, reclamation of swamplands, development of frozen citrus concentrates. He promised expanded social security, and cited Alfred Landon's 1936 campaign speeches as evidence that the Republicans are against it. He also promised to see what he could do about "a longer, healthier life for our older citizens," quoting Browning...
...Florida and Texas, Gallup pollsters found Republican strength far above normal. Relative party standings (including leaners...
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Family: Married, in Florida in 1934, to Alice Davis, daughter of the late Dwight F. Davis, Secretary of War in Coolidge's Cabinet and donor of the famed Davis Cup for international tennis; six children (four girls, two boys), the two youngest of whom will accompany their parents to Washington while the others stay on at school in Britain. A Makins theory on big families: "The second child is the Rubicon, if you can cross number two, the rest are easy. They raise themselves...
...motorists in most Eastern states, the orange tile roof of a Howard Johnson's restaurant is almost as familiar as a gas pump. The Johnson chain, which got its start near Boston 24 years ago, now stretches along highways from Maine to Florida, has outlets scattered all the way to Wisconsin. This year its 355 "stores" will serve 250 million customers and gross $150 million; they constitute the largest roadside restaurant chain in the world. But Founder Howard Johnson, a husky 54-year-old who spends as much time on the road as his best customers, is not satisfied...