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Legacies Project Oral History: June Bennett
Mary June Bennett was born in 1922 in Evanston, Illinois. She grew up in Ann Arbor and Birmingham, Michigan during the Prohibition Era. After attending the University of Michigan, she joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and graduated from midshipman’s school at Smith College in 1944. She was photo editor of the U.S. Navy’s All Hands Magazine. She had three children with her first husband, Maxwell Matthews, and after their divorce she married Clyde “Buck” Bennett in 1967. She was a family therapist for 25 years. She passed away in 2016.
June Bennett was interviewed as part of an internship at Applied Safety and Ergonomics in Ann Arbor in 2008 as part of the Legacies Project.
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AACHM Oral History: Hortense Howard
Hortense Howard was born in Bloomington, Illinois in 1927. Soon afterwards, her family moved to Ann Arbor, where she and her sisters became known as the “Bacon Sisters” for their choral performances at sorority houses and other venues. Ms. Howard attended a music school in Detroit because she “wanted to sing like Sarah Vaughan,” and she met many African American singers while working at the Gotham Hotel. She ran her own daycare, Sitters Unlimited Family Day Care, in Ann Arbor for twenty years.
George Burke May Be OPA Chief Counsel
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Burke Stays Out Of Race
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Burke Boosted For U. S. Senate
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Legacies Project Oral History: Former U.S. Congressman John Dingell
John Dingell Jr. (D) served in the U.S. House of Representatives as part of the Michigan delegation from 1955-2015. His 60 years in office make him the longest serving member in the history of the House. A long-time member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, including 16 years as Chairman, Dingell was an advocate for environmental issues and a supporter of the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Environmental Protection Agency. Dingell was also the longest serving Dean of the House of Representatives. He passed away on February 7, 2019.
John Dingell was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2015-2016 as part of the Legacies Project.
Eugene Power: Long Way From Retirement
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Mrs. Roosevelt Here For Address Tonight
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Ann Arbor News Building's Electoral Thermometer, November 1936 Photographer: Eck Stanger
Year:
1936
Ann Arbor News, November 2, 1936
Caption:
This recorder, mounted on the front of the Daily News building will tell you on Tuesday evening just how election is going. It will show how each candidate stands, just as a thermometer shows the temperature. The total number of electoral votes cast by the 48 states is 531. A candidate must receive 266 of these to be elected. As fast as definite returns come in from the various states on Tuesday night, votes will be drawn from the "Not Reported" column and added to the Landon or Roosevelt column as the case may be. The candidate who passes the 266 mark will be the next president of the United States. The recorder will make plain at a glance the standing of each candidate from the time returns begin to come in until all states have reported. Watch The Daily News Election Recorder to see how the electoral votes are going, and read the Daily News extras for the detailed news of the election returns.