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Former disaster agency chief Michael Brown is indicating he is ready to reveal his correspondence with President Bush and other officials du
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Pennsylvania State Archives has released never before seen footage of Franklin Delano Roosevelt walking up a ramp at a baseball game in 1937. It an exceptionally rare glimpse of the U.S. president who did his best to hide his disability from the public. The footage was captured by Jimmie DeShong at the 1937 MLB All-Star Game. Pennsylvania First Lady Susan Corbett, along with a handful of baseball stars, can be seen in the film. History News reports: Pres. Roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down by polio in 1921. In the film, he is walking up a ramp in Washington, D.C. Griffith Stadium. Pres. Roosevelt is weari
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