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    The Nixon Plot

    Dec 07, 2021 3 minutes
    By Betty Jean Ward

    The year was 1941. In those days, the guys styled their hair like Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. The hairstyle favorites of the ladies were Ginger Rogers and Dale Evans. On date night, the men sported suits and the ladies wore dresses.

    In Philadelphia on the corner of 52nd and Market Streets, there was a dance hall called The Nixon. Every Saturday night, people gathered at its door

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