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Sail on Senator Smathers
Posted: January 21, 2007 11:08 am
by Elrod
cnn.com wrote:JFK contemporary George Smathers dies at 93
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. George A. Smathers, a polished, dashing politician who forged friendships with presidents, waged war against communism, resisted civil rights legislation and was an early voice cautioning of Fidel Castro's rise to power, died Saturday. He was 93.
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George Armistead Smathers was born November 13, 1913, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His father was a federal judge; his uncle a U.S. senator. His family moved to Miami when he was 6 and he attended public schools, including Miami Senior High School, where he ran for student body president, and like every other election he entered, emerged victorious.
After earning undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida, Smathers served as an assistant U.S. district attorney, then entered the Marines. After his discharge, he served a short stint in the U.S. Attorney General's Office before pursuing politics.
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In his political career, Smathers helped pass bills to create Medicare, the Small Business Administration and Everglades National Park. He pushed for federal holidays to be moved to Mondays, essentially creating the modern three-day weekend. And he ardently supported the war in Vietnam.
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Re: Sail on Senator Smathers
Posted: January 21, 2007 5:21 pm
by PARROT HEAD MIKE
Elrod wrote:cnn.com wrote:JFK contemporary George Smathers dies at 93
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. George A. Smathers, a polished, dashing politician who forged friendships with presidents, waged war against communism, resisted civil rights legislation and was an early voice cautioning of Fidel Castro's rise to power, died Saturday. He was 93.
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George Armistead Smathers was born November 13, 1913, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. His father was a federal judge; his uncle a U.S. senator. His family moved to Miami when he was 6 and he attended public schools, including Miami Senior High School, where he ran for student body president, and like every other election he entered, emerged victorious.
After earning undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Florida, Smathers served as an assistant U.S. district attorney, then entered the Marines. After his discharge, he served a short stint in the U.S. Attorney General's Office before pursuing politics.
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In his political career, Smathers helped pass bills to create Medicare, the Small Business Administration and Everglades National Park. He pushed for federal holidays to be moved to Mondays, essentially creating the modern three-day weekend. And he ardently supported the war in Vietnam.
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Is this the Smathers that Smathers Beach is Named after?
Re: Sail on Senator Smathers
Posted: January 21, 2007 5:24 pm
by CaptainP
PARROT HEAD MIKE wrote:
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Is this the Smathers that Smathers Beach is Named after?
Yes.
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Image taken at Smathers Beach:
Posted: January 22, 2007 1:03 am
by drmutt
You know you've done well if you've got a beach named after you...and named after you when you were still alive.
Posted: January 22, 2007 7:24 am
by cocotel
Sail on Senator.......Semper Fi.