Description: 1920's High School Yearbook featuring students and teachers, activities and sports, candids, pictures of the school, and local advertisement, and including many pictures, mentions, and literature from the future Hollywood actor and United States President Ronald Reagan who appears as class president, drama president, school plays and mentions, football team and individual photos, and in comments. I cannot guarantee that the signature at the end of the story "Mediations of a Lifeguard" is actually Ronald Reagan's. All in all great condition, with many wonderful photos and period design, from a school with only 84 graduates. Ronald Reagan was an American politician who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he was a Hollywood actor before serving as the 33rd governor of California 1967 to 1975. Ronald Reagan was raised in a poor family in small towns in Illinois. After moving to California in 1937, he found work as an actor and starred in a few productions including Knute Rockne All American, Bedtime for Bonzo, and The Killers. He was twice elected President of the Screen Actors Guild—the labor union for actors—where he worked to seek out and name Communists. In the 1950's, he moved into television and was a motivational speaker for the General Electric Corporation. When the Medicare legislation was introduced in 1961, he publicly said that such a program would mean the end of freedom in America. He supported Barry Goldwater's presidential campaign and won national attention as a spokesman. He was elected governor of California in 1966, raised taxes, and turned a state budget deficit to a surplus, rebuked protests at the University of California subsequently ordering in the National Guard in 1969, and urged the Board of Regents at UCLA to fire Professor Angela Davis for allegedly being affiliated with the Communist Party. In 1967, Reagan signed the Mulford Act, which repealed a law that allowed public carrying of loaded firearms. He twice ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination, in 1968 and 1976. Four years later in 1980, he won the nomination and assumed the presidency. Soon after taking office, he incorporated neo-liberal supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics", and cut taxes on the upper bracket of the rich from 70% to 30%. He advocated for economic deregulation, and reduction in government spending. He began the "War on Drugs," and fought against public sector labor unions. He enacted cuts in domestic spending, and increased military spending. He cut budgets for medicaid, food stamps, and federal education programs. Foreign affairs dominated his second term, including the bombing of Libya, the Iran-Iraq War, and was involved in the Iran-Contra affair. He described the Soviet Union as an "evil Empire" and his administration worked to undermine and end the Soviet Union, in part by escalating the arms race with the USSR. During his presidency GDP rose impressively though working and middle classes lost ground. After his service in office he became icon among conservatives and right wing politicos and voters, though those on both sides of the major party isles, as well as leaders of other countries, both friendly an and in disagreement with United States, found Ronald Reagan to be a likable person. He was married twice, first to actress Jane Wyman, then to actress Nancy Davis, then Nancy Reagan who became First Lady of the United States. Very Good Condition leatherette-back issue with tight binding and text and clean pages, with no must or mildew or missing pieces, and mild shelf wear and a fold in the middle of the back cover. Clean and Solid. Great rarity featuring the early life and times of a United States historic figure. Just waiting for a good home. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Email or call with any questions regarding this issue. Spanky's Archive, since 1986. Thank you for stopping by! Spanky's Archive, over 8000 Ebay positive feedback. and 35 years in the hobby.george h. w. bush, j. edgar hoover, richard nixon, herbert hoover, john foster dulles, milton friedman, alan greenspan, donald rumsfeld, dick cheney,
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