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  Wilton, CT - Official Website
The Town of Wilton was incorporated in 1802, and operates with a Board of Selectmen, Board of Finance and Town Meeting form of government pursuant to the Connecticut Home Rule Act of 1957.
Wilton is nestled in the Norwalk River Valley in western Connecticut.
Located in Fairfield County, Wilton is north of the City of Norwalk, west of the Town of Weston, and east of the Town of New Canaan.
www.wiltonct.org /info.htm   (243 words)

  
  Wilton Persons - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wilton Burton ("Jerry") Persons (1896 - 1977), served as Assistant to the President (now known as the White House Chief of Staff) to President Dwight D. Eisenhower from October 7, 1958 until January 20, 1961.
Persons was called back to active duty as a special assistant to General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe from 1951-1952 and was active on behalf of Eisenhower's presidential campaign in 1952.
Following the 1960 presidential election, Persons was heavily involved as Eisenhower's representative in the transition of government between the Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy administrations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilton_Persons   (272 words)

  
 [Letter] 1953 March 26, The White House, Washington [to] Francis E. Walter, Washington, D.C. / Wilton B. Persons.
The letter is typed on official White House letterhead and is signed by Wilton B. Persons, Special Assistant to the President.
Persons writes to let Walter know that he will be receiving a photograph taken during his visit and lunch at the White House.
Persons affirms that the "President enjoyed being with you and your colleagues," and hopes that Walter will alert his office if he can offer any assistance.
digital.lib.lehigh.edu /remain/641/index.html   (194 words)

  
 Hockwold with Wilton 1883
Wilton fair, for toys, pedlery, andc., is held on July 25.
Wilton Church (St James), comprises lofty nave and chancel, with a square tower containing six bells surmounted by an octagonal spire of freestone.
Three limbs of the cross, and the parts surrounding the central coin are filled up with pieces of brilliant red glass, elegantly disposed in a mosaic pattern, and the upper limb forms a ring or loop by which the jewel was suspended.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /nhpendall/whites1883/hockwold1883.html   (521 words)

  
 Sherman Adams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Retirees were (and are) a significant part of New Hampshire's population; Adams called for increased state aid for the aged, and for legislation which would enable the state's seniors to qualify for Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance.
The extent of internal strife between strong willed personalities was chronicled in his 1961 memoir "First Hand Report".
Among the heated conflicts within the Eisenhower administration were the best method to handle flamboyant personalities such as U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy and anti-Communist accuser Whittaker Chambers.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sherman_Adams   (555 words)

  
 Presidential Papers, Doc#1448 To Wilton Burton Persons, 9 March 1960. In The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower
Presidential Papers, Doc#1448 To Wilton Burton Persons, 9 March 1960.
Memorandum for General Persons: Here is a letter sent by Tom Murray of the Post Office Committee to General Summerfield.
It would seem to me that there is so much partisan politics involved in Post Office affairs that it would be difficult to have a profitable bipartisan meeting.
www.eisenhowermemorial.org /presidential-papers/second-term/documents/1448.cfm   (393 words)

  
 White House Chief of Staff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The duties of the White House Chief of Staff can vary greatly from administration to administration, but generally he (and all have been male, to date) is responsible for overseeing the actions of other members of White House staff, managing the president's timetable, and controlling outsiders' access to the president.
By contrast, Andrew Card, the current Chief of Staff in the administration of President George W. Bush, is not regarded as a very powerful figure, in large part because Bush appears to deal directly with his Cabinet secretaries.
Similarly, President Clinton's Chiefs of Staff were not particularly powerful under his watch, because Clinton's workaholic personality kept him in constant touch with the government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff   (454 words)

  
 GENUKI: Wilton, Wiltshire, England
Wilton is a borough 3 miles NW of Salisbury.
VII - The Guardians personally question the applicants, and in many cases, but not in the majority, their circumstances are personally known to some member of the Board.
In Wilton they are paid in the Town Hall, and at one other place in a room in a private house, for which the Guardians pay £1 a year.
www.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/WIL/Wilton   (1108 words)

  
 Wilton's rules not made to be broken - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
The school, Wilton and the players — opposite hitter Pedro Azenha, outside hitters Delano Thomas and José José Delgado, and backup middle blocker Dionisio Dante — have so far refused to say exactly what took place in the hours after the Warriors' three-game sweep at USC on March 10 leading to the suspensions.
Possibly only Wilton and the team would have known about it, which was the case until the school's announcement Monday.
Wilton was brought in to bring focus to the men's volleyball team.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Mar/18/sp/sp20a.html   (488 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: White House Chief of Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army.
The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, is a heartbeat from the presidency.
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States and a former Governor of the State of Texas.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/White-House-Chief-of-Staff   (2613 words)

  
 Chapter XIII: Women in the Army
Instead, he recommended that the director's personal duties-giving speeches and representing the Army in women's matters-be assigned as an additional duty to the senior woman officer on the Army staff.
Wilton B. Persons, for comment, he suggested a means to rapidly accomplish the goals of the legislation.
She had personally ensured the implementation of policies affecting pregnant women and women with dependents, including formal counseling and child-care programs.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wac/chapter13.htm   (10216 words)

  
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All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.
Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in places of public accommodations and commercial facilities.
Moreover, a home seller or landlord cannot establish discriminatory terms or conditions in the purchase or rental, deny that housing is available, or advertise that the property is available only to persons of a certain race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national original.
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 Wilton Library Association
The Wilton Library extends FREE borrowing privileges to:
Connecticut residents not from Wilton may simply present their home town library card on their next visit to receive immediate privileges.
I apply for the right to use the Library and agree to follow the Library's regulations, to report promptly the loss of my card or change of address, and to be fully responsible for materials borrowed on this card.
www.wiltonlibrary.org /forms/cardapp.htm   (183 words)

  
 [CTRL] [3b] CIA Briefings of Presidential Candidates
In 1960, by contrast, the briefings were handled personally by the Director of Central Intelligence, Allen Dulles, and included extended discussions of sensitive matters.
Although the President would be told that he possessed all clearances automatically, he should be advised of what was involved in providing special compartmented clearances that would enable his staff to receive intercepted communications and other sensitive material.
Wilton Persons, the White House Chief of Staff.
www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg34213.html   (4494 words)

  
 Chapter VII
Aubrey records of this countess "In her time Wilton house was like a College, there were so many learned, and ingeniose persons.
A personal glimpse of him at work in this field is provided by a passage which concludes William Bourne's Hydrographicall Discourse, which discusses five possible passages to Cathay (110).
He writes "And it is not unknowen but that the Great Cane of Cattay, is a Prince of great power as well by sea as by land; then judge you whether that such a Prince of such a force and wealth will not provide for all thinges meete for warres.
www.johndee.org /calder/html/Calder7.html   (3675 words)

  
 PRESIDENT DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER - CIVIL APPOINTMENT SIGNED 09/05/1953
Wilton B. Persons (1896-1977) was a career Army officer who had entered the U.S. Army Coast Artillery in 1917 and advanced through the ranks to Major General in 1944.
Persons headed the office of legislative liaison for the Department of Defense between 1948 and his retirement in 1949.
It is also highly likely that we have more of this personality available for sale either in our archives or on our direct purchase website www.historyforsale.com.
www.galleryofhistory.com /archive/8_2001/presidents/PRESIDENT_DWIGHT_DAVID_EISENHOWER1.htm   (301 words)

  
 Connecticut Senior Assisted Living - Helping Connecticut Seniors Find Retirement Living Suited To Their Individual Needs
Routine household services may be provided as assisted living services or by the managed residential community.
These services provide an alternative for elderly persons who require some help or aid with ADLs and/or nursing services.
A managed residential community means a facility consisting of private residential units that provides a managed group living environment, including housing and services primarily for persons age 55 or older.
www.senior-community.net /connecticut   (366 words)

  
 Truman Library - Roger W. Jones Oral History Interview
I do know, because on two separate occasions, he told me this personally, that he looked upon the private relief bill essentially as an exercise on the part of an American of his first amendment rights, of petitioning Congress for redress of grievance.
In the Eisenhower administration, there was the very rapid development under General Wilton Persons, (Jerry Persons), of a formal legislative liaison staff of the White House itself.
But in 1952 it was not only analysis of the platforms, analysis of the presidential candidates' statements in the campaign, but there was the preparation of extensive background material which was to be turned over to the new administration once it came in regardless whether it was Republican or Democrat.
www.trumanlibrary.org /oralhist/jonesrw.htm   (15464 words)

  
 WILTON: Genealogy Queries
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WILTON : JONES : MCMAHON : PRYCE : TAIT : seeking family of William McMahon,born abt 1921 at Hamilton NSW, Parents John Stephen McMahon and Jane (Pryce).William was married to Edna Pearl Tait born abt 1923 at Leonora W.A.her parents were Jame...
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 Generals over the White House: The political generals
This unusual appointment could only have been arrived at not as an arbitrary choice by Nixon personally, but as a consensus by the military chiefs.
Practically the entire capitalist press was characterizing the crisis as leading to impeachment because of the grave constitutional confrontation that was developing between Nixon and the court, which had ordered Nixon to give up the Watergate tapes.
Persons was merely an administrative aide to a general who was President, while Haig took over domestic political functions and practically ran the government during a major political crisis as a substitute for the President.
www.workers.org /marcy/generals/chap2.html   (2221 words)

  
 Wilton History 1854-1947   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1856, the General Conference divided the Iowa Conference, and the towns of Wilton and Moscow were made a station.
Hill conducted a successful revival in Wilton, and over fifty persons were received in the church.
In 1866, it was voted at the fourth Quarterly Meeting, to divide the Circuit, leaving Wilton a station, with preaching every Sunday, which was accordingly done.
www.rootsweb.com /~iamuscat/wiltonhistory/methodist.htm   (235 words)

  
 Glen Wilton Virginia Information
Glen Wilton, Virginia is located in Botetourt County.
Regardless of where you are at, be sure to stop by our Auto Buying Guide to request free price quotes from a new car dealer in the Glen Wilton, Virginia area on the makes and models of cars that interest you the most.
Our History, Trivia and Facts Pages are populated with interesting, useless and random facts pertaining to Glen Wilton, Virginia history, American history, family history and the history of names.
www.hometownusa.com /va/Glen_Wilton.html   (879 words)

  
 Chapter 3 -- Into Politics With Kennedy and Johnson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dulles's personal desk calendar shows that he had a very full day, with 10 different appointments running from 9:00 a.m.
In addition, however, there was a problem of personal chemistry and a generational gap between the new President and the CIA Director.
The President invited the Director to come to him personally with suggestions for courses of action on policy that McCone thought wise, even if his ideas were not consistent with the advice others were providing.
www.odci.gov /csi/books/briefing/cia-6.htm   (11604 words)

  
 Photograph of American Congressmen examining the Dachau gas chamber on May 3, 1945
The door in the background of the photo is the door into the gas chamber from the north side.
Wilton B. Persons and Congressman John M. Vorys in Dachau morgue, May 3, 1945
The photograph below, taken in May 2001, shows the same door from the gas chamber into the morgue with the door in the open position.
www.scrapbookpages.com /DachauScrapbook/GasChamber/gaschamber.html   (945 words)

  
 Truman Library - Karl R. Bendetsen Oral History, November 9, 1972
Once having served as liaison with the Congress and still knowing many members of Congress, my assignment was no surprise to me. There were pressing problems on the Hill and I was not accorded the 45 days of rest and rehabilitation leave that all others who returned from overseas duty were uniformly given.
He said that unification would be a terrible risk for the nation because the Chief of Staff and the Secretary, the Cabinet Secretary who presided over unified armed services would be too powerful; that one of them would become "a man on horseback" and threaten the very foundations of our freedom.
If he had been free of these personal problems, I think he could have been a remarkable man in that position.
www.trumanlibrary.org /oralhist/bendet2.htm   (13966 words)

  
 CHAPTER 19: A New Era Begins
As a member of the Armed Forces, you are obliged to abide by all municipal and state laws, regardless of your personal feelings or Armed Forces policy relative to the issue at hand.
In a period when national attention was focused on the constitutional implications of segregated education, the Eisenhower administration was thrust into a dispute over the intent of federal aid to education and eventually into a reappraisal of the federal role in public education.
Persons, 28 May 53; SecNav to Granger, 28 May and 29 Jul 53; Granger to Anderson, 24 Air and 2 Jul 53.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/integration/IAF-19.htm   (12567 words)

  
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McCarthyism at Bay This apparent paradox -- the escalation of McCarthyism at the very time the junior Senator from Wisconsin was fading into oblivion -- can be explained in part by the anticommunist politics favored by the Eisenhower administration.
Less than two weeks after his inauguration, President Eisenhower directed his congressional liaison, General Wilton B. Persons, and Vice- President Nixon to work with HUAC and the various congressional investigating committees searching for Communists in government.
U.S., that Fifth Amendment protections extended to questions about other individuals and could further be invoked in response to any question that tended to incriminate, whether it was incriminatory or not.
www.english.upenn.edu /~afilreis/50s/hoover.html   (2497 words)

  
 Attachment 4 for Minutes for 10/29/98   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One third of the Board Members shall be appointed at the annual meeting of the Board of Directors to serve for a period of three years, to be selected from those persons nominated by Wilton Monthly Meeting, after consulting and reaching agreement with the nominating committee of the Board of Directors of Connecticut Friends School.
After the first five years of the school's existence, a person may be appointed to the Board of Directors for a maximum of two consecutive terms, though they may be reappointed after being off the Board for three years.
The Board of Directors may fill a vacancy occurring on the Board by selecting another individual for the unexpired term, to be chosen from persons nominated by the Wilton Monthly Meeting in consultation with the nominating committee of the Board of Directors.
www.nyym.org /wilton/minutes/98.10.29.4.html   (567 words)

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