LYCOS RETRIEVER 
1948: Miscellaneous
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This collection focuses on President Truman's 1948 Presidential Campaign. It includes 90 documents totaling 636 pages, covering the years 1946-1968. Supporting materials include the NBC broadcast of the President's acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1948 (Courtesy of Marr Sound Archives) and a list of Campaign Stops.
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The Arthritis Foundation is the largest private, not-for-profit contributor to arthritis research in the world, funding more than $380 million in research grants since 1948. Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, the foundation helps individuals take control of arthritis by providing public health education; pursuing public policy and legislation; and conducting evidence-based programs to improve the quality of life for those living with arthritis. Information is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-283-7800 or http://www.arthritis.org.
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Figure 1 shows a tag bearing the 3ยข George Washington Carver commemorative, the first stamp issued in 1948. The $2.15 in stamps on the registered tag, sent Jan. 20, 1948, between two Vermont banks, paid for a 30-ounce shipment valued at between $800 and $900.
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One of the happiest memories of Adilino and Louisa Mendes was the year spent fixing the ship up in 1948. Adilino and Louisa had a baby daughter at the time, and they just brought her along, where she was rocked to sleep by the movement of the ship. Adilino said, "Kids used to play on the ship all the time."
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Thompson oversees the daily operations of a family-owned homebuilder founded by his father and uncle in 1948. Thompson Homes has been honored numerous times by the Kentucky Homebuilders Association, including 10 president's awards for best new home design.
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Mathias was noted for winning the Gold Medal for the decathlon in 1948, at the age of seventeen, and winning again in 1952. He was ... a successful movie actor, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives for four terms. He is honored and remembered as a hero in Tulare, and elsewhere in the world.
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