Word: guarding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President, invited to address the meeting, entered Washington's National Guard Armory almost unheralded to face the delegates with his answer. Government, said he, has a proper duty to take steps to help special groups that have suffered economically, and such help is given in housing, urban renewal, farm support programs, rural electrification and other ways. But "the effort here is not to give one group of citizens special privilege or undeserved advantage. Rather it is to see that equality of opportunity is not withheld from the citizen...
...Republican National Chairman Meade Alcorn, the Democrats stole the Lincoln Day show by laying on the biggest celebration of them all, right there in Washington. Democratic leaders in both houses set up a solemn joint session to hear the U.S. Army band play patriotic tunes, the U.S. Coast Guard cadet chorus sing Civil War songs (Dixie, Battle Hymn of the Republic), and Actor Fredric March read the Gettysburg Address...
...rudimentary; seldom was a killer hanged, but often one murder was avenged with another. And when the United Mine Workers set out 30 years ago to organize Harlan's prosperous coal mines, pitched battles between "Bloody Harlan's" miners and company police brought out the National Guard so often that guardsmen were on first-name terms with miners they tossed into jail by the scores...
Along with Belz, coach Cappy Cappon will go with Jim Brangan--the only junior on the starting five--an 18-point a game scorer; and Artie Klein, a scrappy 5 ft., 9 in. letterman, at the guard. At forward he will use Carl's brother, Herman Belz, who, at 6 ft. 3 in, is not so quick as his brother but possesses a deadly jump shot; and Joe Burns, another 6 ft., 5 in. rebounding specialist...
...guard against polio, a three-inoculation series is necessary and "should be started as soon as possible." Dr. Levin pointed out that a fourth inoculation may be needed for full protection by students who completed the series over a year...