National Affairs: NOMINEE FOR VEEP

Nominated for Vice President of the U.S. by the Republican National Convention: RICHARD (DICK) MILHOUS NIXON.

Parentage: Born Jan. 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, Calif., a small (present pop. 885), citrus-growing town near Los Angeles, to Frank (Scotch-Irish ancestry) and Hannah Milhous Nixon (Irish-English), who migrated from the Middle West to California in their youth, married in 1908, are still hale & hearty. Father worked as streetcar motorman, oilfield worker, rancher, built filling station at Whittier, Calif., later added a grocery store, now known as Nixon's Market and run by Dick's younger brother Don....

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