Contemplating a biography. I had done a biography of my grandfather. I was guessing about for another idea. I am a field fiction writer and poet. Create, but i could explore and explain. I was talking with a friend of mine who said i keep running across his name. 1970professor back in published the first of what was supposed to be a twovolume of Arthur Vandenberg. The world does not need to w o two biographies of vandenberg. My friend said i have to thought my agenda. Why dont you come and talk about some episode in Arthur Vandenbergs life. I gave a little lecture on the debate over the repeal of the arms embargo in 18 in 1939, before world war ii. Eight weeks later, i get a call from the daughter of this professor who is said to be working on the second volume of his biography. Turns out he had a difficult life, had been very ill, and had died. His adult daughter was responsible for selling his house. He was teaching in chicago. She did not know what to do with all of his research for
First time you ever thought about writing a book about this man . 1989, i was contemplating a subject for a biography. I am a field fiction writer and poet. I could not create, but i could explore and explain. I was talking with a friend of mine who said i keep running across his name. Some professor back in 1970 published the first of what was supposed to be a twovolume of Arthur Vandenberg. The world does not need to w o two biographies of vandenberg. My friend said i have to thought my agenda. Why dont you come and talk about some episode in Arthur Vandenbergs life. I gave a little lecture on the debate over the repeal of the arms embargo in 18 in 1939, before world war ii. Eight weeks later, i get a call from the daughter of this professor who is said to be working on the second volume of his biography. Turns out he had a difficult life, had been very ill, and had died. His adult daughter was responsible for selling his house. He was teaching in chicago. She did not know what to do
Cool our road map begins with walmarts minimum wage hike. Raising starting wages to 11, handing out some onetime cash bonuses. Plus, bitcoin tumbles one of the worlds biggest cryptocurrency markets is considering a trading ban. And deltas tax boost the airline raising Earnings Guidance by 20 . First up, though, walmarts making moves in the wake of tax reform the Company Announcing it will increase its starting wage for hourly workers in the u. S. To 11 an hour beginning next month and pay a onetime cash bonus to eligible employees those with at least 20 years of service will qualify for a 1,000 bonus walmart also says it will expand maternity and paternal leave benefits not breaking down the numbers, but theres a good chance more than half of their million employees are going to benefit somehow in these bonuses this is unprecedented and i think its a lot to do with why the market keeps rallying i mean, largest private employer in the world thats doing this i mean, david, i know that yo
Set up in place for you for north and southbound highway 13. Follow the signs and you can get back on the freeway. Making your way along 880, we have an accident thats blocking one lane of the off ramp northbound 880 at 23rd avenue. It doesnt appear to be slowing anyone down. Hats a check of your traffic; over to you. Surrender on the high seas. A coast guard crew from alameda stopped 47,000 pounds of cocaine from entering the u. S. This morning, kpix 5s andria borba shows us it will never make it from the sea to the streets. Reporter from the coast guards own helicopter and on deck cameras, this is what the war against cocaine being shipped into the u. S. By sea looks like. Its typically done in open water. Its often times at night. You know, youre trying to catch them before they know that youre there. So it can be very dangerous. Reporter this is the bounty of a month operation in the International Waters in concert with canadian forces. 47,000 pounds of pure uncut cocaine in federa
As we take a live look outside in San Francisco, also in some spots, at times, we will have improved air quality starting out this week, but it will be very unhealthy in the north bay and in the valley. So, with that locally dense smoke moving into parts of the bay area, we will have to still limit our Time Outdoors today. As we look at the wind speeds blowing offshore, thats a very dry wind. We will only see the winds picking up to 5 or 6 Miles Per Hour into this afternoon. Good news there. Also cooler temperatures on the way and theres rain in the forecast. Ill have more on all of that coming up in a few minutes. Mike is checking in on a big rig on 680. I will talk about the north bay in a second. I wanted to zoom over here because im concerned about this big rig. Until it clears the slow lanes, the tow truck is on scene. The big rig is stuck in south 680. We dont have the big traffic yet. Know about that if that is your route and stay to the left as you are passing through the area.