1. Charles Calhoun Dail was an American Democratic politician from San Diego, California.
13 Facts About Charles Dail
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Charles Calhoun Dail was born on January 11,1909, in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Charles Dail's parents were Charles Darwin Dail and Hester Dail, nee Cooksey.
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Charles Dail married Dorothy Mae Cook on June 28,1933.
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Charles Dail was elected to three terms on the San Diego City Council from 1943 to 1955.
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Charles Dail helped convince the Regents of the University of California to locate a new campus, the University of California, San Diego, in San Diego; ground was broken for the new campus in 1961.
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Charles Dail had had polio as a child, and in 1963 he convinced Jonas Salk to locate the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, San Diego.
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Charles Dail was instrumental in establishing a sister-city relationship between San Diego and Yokohama, Japan.
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Charles Dail was accused of offering to obtain a liquor license for a local bar owner in return for an interest in the business.
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Charles Dail was subject to recall effort led by a local organization called the Better Government Association.
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Charles Dail declined to run for a third term as mayor in 1963, citing personal and business reasons.
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On July 13,1968, Charles Dail suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at his home in San Diego.
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Charles Dail died soon after in Sharp Memorial Hospital at the age of 59.