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Edwin Leard MECHEM, Congress, NM (1912-2002)

Senate Years of Service: 1962-1964Party: RepublicanMECHEM, Edwin Leard, a Senator from New Mexico; born in Alamogordo, Otero County, N.Mex., July 2, 1912; attended the Alamogordo and Las…

DeLay, Tom

(Encyclopedia) DeLay, Tom (Thomas Dale DeLay), 1947–, American politician, b. Laredo, Tex., grad. Univ. of Houston (B.S., 1970). A conservative Republican businessman, he entered politics (1979) as a…

land art

(Encyclopedia) land art or earthworks, art form developed in the late 1960s and early 70s by Robert Smithson, Robert Morris, Michael Heizer, and others, in which the artist employs the elements of…

Zachariah CHANDLER, Congress, MI (1813-1879)

Senate Years of Service: 1857-1875; 1879-1879Party: Republican; RepublicanCHANDLER, Zachariah, (nephew of John Chandler and Thomas Chandler, grandfather of Frederick Hale and great-great-…

George McGILL, Congress, KS (1879-1963)

Senate Years of Service: 1930-1939Party: DemocratMcGILL, George, a Senator from Kansas; born on a farm near Russell, Lucas County, Iowa, February 12, 1879; moved to Kansas with his parents,…

Martin DIES, Jr., Congress, TX (1900-1972)

DIES, Martin, Jr., (son of Martin Dies), a Representative from Texas; born in Colorado, Mitchell County, Tex., November 5, 1900; moved with his parents to Beaumont, Tex., in 1902; attended the…

Midseason TV

CBS Martial artist and Jackie Chan choreographer Sammo Hung in CBS' surprisingly sucessful Martial Law CBS has had some luck in the drama department. Sammo Hung's Martial Law has proven to be…

Letting the "Air" out of the NBA

The Chicago Bulls The Bulls may have seen their last celebration in Chicago's Grant Park for quite awhile thanks to Michael Jordan's (third from right) long-awaited decision to retire. Rumors…

Frank Ellis SMITH, Congress, MS (1918-1997)

SMITH, Frank Ellis, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Sidon, Leflore County, Miss., February 21, 1918; attended the public schools of Sidon and Greenwood, Miss.; was graduated from…

Joseph Manuel MONTOYA, Congress, NM (1915-1978)

Senate Years of Service: 1964-1977Party: DemocratMONTOYA, Joseph Manuel, a Representative and a Senator from New Mexico; born in Penablanca, Sandoval County, N.Mex., September 24, 1915;…