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The White House Conference on Aging [1] (WHCoA) is a once-a-decade conference sponsored by the Executive Office of the President of the United States which makes policy recommendations to the president and Congress regarding the aged. The first of its kind, the goals of the conference are to promote the dignity, health and economic security of ...
The Eisenhower administration began to study the needs of the aged, and liberal Republicans began to support health insurance for the elderly. As President Eisenhower's administration drew to a close in 1960, planning began for the first White House Conference on Aging, to take place in 1961.
The New York City Department for the Aging (DFTA) is the department of the government of New York City [1] that provides support and information for older people (those over 60). [2] Its regulations are compiled in title 69 of the New York City Rules. Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez has been the commissioner of DFTA since April 9, 2019.
The New Executive Office Building, viewed from across 17th Street NW. The New Executive Office Building shown in an aerial photograph of the White House Complex and surrounding area. The NEOB is the brick building in the extreme upper left-hand corner of the photo. The White House is in the center.
81 Willoughby Street (formerly the New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Building) is a commercial building in the Downtown Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. Built from 1896 to 1898 as the headquarters for the New York and New Jersey Telephone and Telegraph Company (later the New York Telephone Company ), it is located at the ...
The new Oval Office was built slightly larger and in the Colonial Revival style. [8] [24] Eisenhower signing H.R. 9757, an act "to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1946," on the desk, 1954. The desk survived this fire, was later fully repaired, and a duplicate of the desk was constructed. In December 1929, both desks were placed in storage.
Eisenhower and Nixon stand with others on the convention hall stage. Senator Richard M. Nixon's speech at a state Republican Party fundraiser in New York City on May 8, 1952, impressed Governor Thomas E. Dewey, who was an Eisenhower supporter and had formed a pro-Eisenhower delegation from New York to attend the national convention. [9]
November 25, 1957: President Eisenhower suffers from a stroke; January 31, 1958: U.S. launched its first satellite, Explorer 1; July 15, 1958: U.S intervenes in the Lebanon Crisis, the first major application of the Eisenhower Doctorine. October 1, 1958: NASA started operations