U.S. Vice President Makes World Tour
Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, traveled around the world in July of 1956 with stops in Hawaii, the…
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Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, traveled around the world in July of 1956 with stops in Hawaii, the…
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