Wilbur Mills assisted Moran to get a position with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington DC. He remembers the changes that took place in 10 days. He went from participating in a hearing held in a furniture store in Mountain View, Arkansas to sitting at his desk at the FTC looking out the window to the National Archive with its verse ‘The past is prologue.’ [00:47:00]
#1: Pat Moran next to fireplace in Arkansas State Capitol where he stored files when he served as liaison for Governor Dale Bumpers, Little Rock
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#2: Photo of Pat Moran's name written on the Woolworth 5 & 10 cent store building where the 7th-grade student worked his first job sweeping floors; Smackover, Arkansas
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#3: Pat Moran's family home in Smackover, Arkansas
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#4: Pat Moran at the end of basic training with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, October 1954
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#5: Political picnic where Pat ran for his first political office as prosecuting attorney for the Arkansas's 3rd Judicial District July 4, 1966
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#6: Political cartoon that appeared in 1978 when Pat Moran was hired as a consultant by Arkansas Power & Light after having first been been appointed to serve on the Public Service Commission by Governor Dale Bumpers and then serving as an aide to Senator Bumpers in Washington, DC
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#7: Pat Moran at Smackover historical marker: In 1686 the French Settlers called this area "SUMAC COUVERT" this was Anglicized to Smackover by later English settlers. Oil was discovered in 1922 which brought national attention and a boom. Incorporated in 1923. Photo taken at Smackover Oil Days Festival, Arkansas, mid-June, ca. 2000s
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