Word: vinson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...believed that Attorney General Herbert Brownell has asked President Eisenhower to appoint Warren and that official confirmation will be forthcoming soon. The vacancy was caused by the death of late Justice Fred M. Vinson...
...Dwight Eisenhower's best and worst weeks. Flying overnight to Washington from his Denver vacation headquarters, Ike spent a busy nine hours in conference with top advisers, accepting the resignation of Labor Secretary Durkin, and attending funeral services for his old bridge partner, Chief Justice Fred Vinson...
...Vinson rites, the President had a tender embrace for Mrs. Vinson, a brief handshake for Harry Truman, who was also among the mourners. By midafternoon, Ike was off again for Denver, ordering the Columbine's Pilot William Draper to pour on the speed. The President had a personal reason for urgency: his son, Major John Eisenhower, was due to land in Denver at 9 o'clock that night, after 14 months in Korea. Ike got to Denver with 2½ hours to spare...
Died. Frederick Moore Vinson, 63, Chief Justice of the U.S. since 1946, wartime federal economic czar and longtime Democratic U.S. Representative from Kentucky (1924-29, 1931-38); of a heart attack; in Washington (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Married. Mildred ("Mimi") Clark, 20, Wellesley-educated daughter of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Tom Clark; and Ensign Thomas Richard Gronlund, 23, Navy air cadet; in a formal wedding attended by 565 guests, including Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Associate Justice Hugo Black. General of the Army Omar Bradley; in Washington...