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A Growing Up in the 50’s Book Review: Ike and Dick

Posted on April 19, 2014 by Ken Dowell

Prior to reading Jeffrey Frank’s book my opinion of these two men was that Eisenhower was probably a decent man and fairly good president. Nixon, on the other hand, was Tricky Dick. I was half right. If your image of … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in the 50’s: Tricky Dick on Main Street

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Ken Dowell

It’s 1956. I’m in first grade at Washington Park Elementary School in Totowa, N.J. It must be in the fall, shortly before the presidential election that year, and one day my whole class was lined up and marched in formation … Continue reading →

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