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Longest Celebrity Marriages

Catherine McNiff 1. Kirk Douglas and Anne Buydens  2. Bob and Ginny Newhart  3. Bill and Camille Cosby  4. Don and Barbara Rickles  5. Dolly Parton and Carl Dean  6.…

Animal Stories

Animal Books The world beyond Charlotte's Web by Holly Hartman Since the days of Aesop's fables, animal stories have brought readers closer to the animal kingdom while pointing up…

Barth, John

(Encyclopedia) Barth, JohnBarth, Johnbärth [key], 1930–, American writer, b. Cambridge, Md. He attended Johns Hopkins (B.A. 1951, M.A. 1952), and, beginning in 1973, taught writing at its graduate…

Lompoc

(Encyclopedia) LompocLompoclŏmˈpōk [key], city (1990 pop. 37,649), Santa Barbara co., S Calif., in an oil and agricultural area; inc. 1888. It has a huge flower-seed industry and two large…

South Houston

(Encyclopedia) South Houston, city (1990 pop. 14,207), Harris co., SE Tex., an industrial suburb of Houston; inc. 1911. Manufactures include transportation equipment, machinery, and asphalt.

O’NEILL, Harry Patrick, Congress, PA (1889-1953)

O’NEILL, Harry Patrick, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pa., February 10, 1889; left school at the age of ten and went to work as a slate picker in the O.S…