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Robert Trout 2000 Deaths

Robert TroutAge: 91 broadcast journalist whose career began in the 1930s and didn't end until two weeks before his death. He was referred to as the “iron man” for his diligent yet fluid…

James Whitmore Biography

actorBorn: October 1, 1921Died: February 6, 2009 (Malibu, California, USA) Best Known as: character actor James Whitmore's long career on the stage and…

Thomas Mankell REES, Congress, CA (1925-2003)

REES Thomas Mankell , a Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Calif., on March 26, 1925; educated in local public schools; B.A., Occidental College, Los Angeles, Calif., 1950;…

Lowell STOCKMAN, Congress, OR (1901-1962)

STOCKMAN Lowell , a Representative from Oregon; born on a farm near Helix, Umatilla County, Oreg., April 12, 1901; attended the public schools at Pendleton, Oreg.; was graduated from Oregon State…

Farish Carter TATE, Congress, GA (1856-1922)

TATE Farish Carter , a Representative from Georgia; born in Jasper, Pickens County, Ga., November 20, 1856; attended the common schools and North Georgia Agricultural College in Dahlonega, Ga.;…

Patricia Scott SCHROEDER, Congress, CO (1940)

SCHROEDER Patricia Scott , a Representative from Colorado; born Patricia Nell Scott in Portland, Multnomah County, Oreg., July 30, 1940; graduated from Roosevelt High School, Des Moines, Iowa,…

Clare Boothe Luce

From the 1930s through the 1960s Clare Boothe Luce blazed a trail as a successful writer, socialite and political dabbler -- and stayed in the headlines as the wife of Henry Luce, the publisher of…

1971 National Book Awards

Arts and LettersCocteau: A Biography, Francis SteegmullerChildren's BooksThe Marvelous Misadventures of Sebastian, Lloyd AlexanderFictionMr. Sammler's Planet, Saul BellowHistory and…

William Levi Dawson

William Levi Dawson American musician and conductorBorn: September 26, 1899 Birthplace: Anniston, Ala. William Levi Dawson attended the Tuskegee Institute at age 13, and after graduating in…

Carlos Bulosan Biography

Carlos BulosanwriterBorn: 11/2/1911 Birthplace: Pangasinan, Philippines One of the earliest and most influential of Asian American writers, Bulosan emigrated from the Philippines in 1931. In…