Word: hoovers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Warren Commission severely criticized the Secret Service for its failure to take adequate security measures against the assassination of President Kennedy. Even so, the commission was well aware of the difficulties in protecting a President. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover had testified during the investigation: "I don't think you can get absolute security without almost establishing a police state, and we don't want that." And when it came to specific precautions, the commission pretty much threw up its hands, saying: "This commission can recommend no procedures for the future protection of our Presidents which will guarantee...
...Herbert Hoover, Lyons...
Catledge joined the staff in 1929, a young Southerner whose professional qualifications had preceded him to New York by two years. His entrée was accomplished by none other than Herbert Hoover, who had gone South to inspect damage done by the great Mississippi flood of 1927. Impressed by Catledge's flood stories in the Memphis Commercial Appeal, Hoover mentioned them to his friend Adolph Ochs, then Times publisher. Ochs acted, and Catledge was on his way to Manhattan...
...Sharp; his cousin Rear Admiral Louis A. Sharp Jr.; Rear Admiral George C. Towner and Admiral John Hoover. Except for Oley, all are retired...
...suite in Manhattan's Waldorf Towers, Herbert Hoover celebrates his 90th birthday this week with a family dinner. He is the first U.S. President to live so long since John Adams...