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Wayland Smith

(Encyclopedia) Wayland Smith, in English folklore, a skillful blacksmith and great armor maker, whose forge was near the White Horse (Oxfordshire). He appears in the Old English Beowulf and Deor and…

Sikeston

(Encyclopedia) SikestonSikestonsīksˈtən [key], city (1990 pop. 17,641), New Madrid and Scott counties, SE Mo., in the Mississippi plain; inc. 1874. It is the shipping, marketing, and processing…

Baldwin, James

(Encyclopedia) Baldwin, James, 1924–87, American author, b. New York City. He spent an impoverished boyhood in Harlem, became a Pentecostal preacher at 14, and left the church three years later. He…

Frank Scott 1998 Deaths

Frank ScottAge: 80 negotiated endorsement deals and public appearances for baseball-star clients such as Mickey Mantle (bubble gum) and Yogi Berra (soft drink); became an agent after a stint…

Ray Scott 1998 Deaths

Ray ScottAge: 78 the voice heard describing every moment of the Green Bay Packers' dynasty years of the 1960s was owned by Scott; paired with Pat Summerall to form CBS's number one duo…

William Rufus Scott Biography

William Rufus Scott children's book publisher With his wife, Ethel McCullough Scott, William Scott opened a small publishing house, W.R. Scott in 1938, offering literary works for children.…

Scott Peterson, 2004 News

California salesman, was convicted in November of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Laci, and of second-degree murder in the death of their unborn son. The jury sentenced him to…

Scott Peterson, 2003 News

California salesman, was charged in April with two counts of murder after the bodies of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son washed ashore on San Francisco Bay. He pleaded not guilty. Laci…

Martha Scott 2003 Deaths

Martha ScottAge: 88 actress who played Emily in the original Broadway production of Thornton Wilder's Our Town. She earned an Oscar nomination for her role in the film adaptation. Her other…

Scott Waddle, 2001 News

commander of the USS Greeneville, the submarine that crashed into a Japanese fishing vessel as it emerged in waters off Hawaii, took sole responsibility for the fatal February exercise that…