Word: yorba
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...great to be back home in Southern California and at the gym the morning after Thanksgiving dinner. It's an interesting place, that Golden State. It's even more interesting in Orange County, nestled between Los Angeles and San Diego, where I live. Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda in 1913. Bob Dornan prevailed in one Congressional race after another until Loretta Sanchez thankfully ousted him from office. Community members founded a John Birch Society chapter there to weed out the Communists that had infiltrated the orange groves. The orange groves have since been replaced by Spanish-style roofs...
...reunited." I can't speak for the Partridge Family, but there has been a reunion of President Nixon's Cabinet. It occurred at the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace on Jan. 20, 1994, the 25th anniversary of Nixon's first Inauguration. JOHN H. TAYLOR, Director Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Yorba Linda, Calif...
BORN: Feb. 14, 1929, Walsenburg, Colo. EDUCATION: Los Angeles Trade-Technical College, 1959 FAMILY: Wife, Elvira Yorba; five children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Marines, 1947-50 OCCUPATION: Upholstery-company owner POLITICAL CAREER: Monterey Park mayor, 1974-75; California Assembly, 1981-82; U.S. House, 1982- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 732, Alhambra...
George Bush told friends he was profoundly worried about his old compatriot. Jimmy Carter confided just a few weeks ago to a companion that Reagan's responses were not right. And Jerry Ford thought Reagan seemed hollowed out. Yet on that solemn day in Yorba Linda, California, when the Presidents came one by one down the stairs, Reagan looked every inch his former self to the millions of television viewers. At the top step he paused a bit, gave that smile of his, and the crowd burst into applause despite the somber nature of the moment. He still seemed invincible...
Former President Richard Nixon was buried Wednesday after a ceremony at his boyhood home in Yorba Linda, California. Among the 3,000 mourners were delegates from more than 80 countries and five U.S. Presidents, including Bill Clinton, who delivered one of four eulogies. The service, led by the Rev. Billy Graham, focused on Nixon's foreign policy achievements, touching only obliquely upon the Watergate scandal. "He achieved greatly, and he suffered deeply," said former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. "But he never gave up." Earlier, an estimated 42,000 visitors had stood for hours in chilly, damp weather...