Sarah polk was very up on diplomacy. Her strong suit happened to be intelligent political discussion. She made no bones about the fact that she took no interest in politics and she was her husbands partner. She grew up in a political household in tennessee. Her father was a local politician so she grew up loving politics. She married james after he won a seat in the legislature. She would not have married him had he been content to be a clerk. Unfortunately for james k. Polk, he died just three months after leaving the white house and sarah began a 42year widowhood. It became a shrine to her husband. She would invite anybody who wanted to to come for a visit to see the objects they had accrued over there long and illustrious career. She lived there for many years on her own and during the civil war, generals on both sides would visit her to pay their respects. It was very interesting commentary on what a beloved status she still held. She was earnest about her husbands work. She went t
Californias fourth largest city is a booming center of art, industry, and culture. Oaklands new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. Nearly half of the citys population is nonwhite and many are poor. They do not patronize the symphony or the museums. They dont use the coliseum or airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oaklands new industry, port and transportation facilities. Most of oaklands black and brown citizens came here from the south during world war ii, lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. After the war, the shipyards closed and many factories moved to the suburbs, leaving most nonwhite workers behind. Technology put more workers on the unemployment and welfare lines, where they were joined by newly dispossessed farmers and farm workers forced off the land. During the 1950s, oakland became a stagnant, seating ghetto surrounded by oaklands allwhite Police
State university. We are very grateful not only to have one of the mentors of kennesaws tom scotto over here, but david parker is a good representative from my department. Thank you, david, for coming. And thank you to all of you for being here, and thank you to our speaker for making it here. Because we had actually planned for him to come to a Different Event some time ago and the weather got in the way. This time, the weather did not prevent him from arriving and we are so excited to have Steve Woodworth. Stephen i do go steve and i do go a long way back. He taught for eight years at toccoa, so he has some good georgia roots in that area, and he went on to texas christian university, where he is the powerhouse. Different people who say, who should i study with . He is one of the first names to come up for them and for me. One of my first books of steves was Jefferson Davis as general. It wasnt an area that did not have his name associated with it. I picked of volume that had a thoma
Mr. Fitzwater the president has directed United States forces to execute at 1 00 a. M. This morning preplanned missions to in panama to protect american lives, restore the democratic process, preserve the integrity of the panama canal treaties, and apprehend manuel noriega. The situation in panama under general noriega has reached a crisis. Democratic elections have been thwarted. American lives have been endangered. The integrity of the panama canal treaties is at risk. General noriega is under indictment for drugrelated charges, and the president has made every effort peacefully to resolve the situation through negotiations under the auspices of the organization of american states and latin american leaders. General noriega has rejected all of these efforts. Last friday, noriega declared a state of war with the United States. The next day, the pdf shot to death an unarmed, american serviceman, wounded another, seized and beat another serviceman, and sexually threatened his wife. Unde
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