When Mary Louise Duffner was born in 1935, in Montana, United States, her father, Andrew Dufner, was 35 and her mother, Teresa Lucia Volk, was 34. She married Ronald Wayne McCormick on 6 February 1954, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States. She lived in Blaine, Montana, United States in 1935 and School District 12 Harlem, Blaine, Montana, United States in 1940. She died on 5 November 1965, in Spokane, Spokane, Washington, United States, at the age of 30.
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The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Galloping Gertie is the reference used to describe the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. It opened on July 1, 1940 four months later it no longer existed. On November 7, 1940 the wind gusts came up to 40 miles an hour causing the bridge to twist and vibrate violently before it collapsed into Puget Sound. The only victim of the bridge collapsing was a three-legged paralyzed dog named Tubby whose owner tried to rescue him from the car but he wouldn’t go with him.
The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.
German: habitational name for someone from Teufen in Württemberg or from Tüffen near Saint Gallen, Switzerland.
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