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Clark Betton COCHRANE, Congress, NY (1815-1867)

COCHRANE, Clark Betton, a Representative from New York; born in New Boston, N.H., May 31, 1815; moved to Montgomery County, N.Y.; was graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1841;…

E. S. Johnny WALKER, Congress, NM (1911-2000)

WALKER, E. S. Johnny, a Representative from New Mexico; born in Fulton, Ky., June 18, 1911; attended the public schools; moved with family to Albuquerque, N.Mex., in 1926; graduated from…

Nellie Bly

(Elizabeth Cochrane)journalistBorn: 5/5/1864Birthplace: Cochran's Mills, Pa. Bly is best remembered for circling the globe in 72 days, thus beating the record of Around the World in Eighty Days's…

Gerry Whiting HAZELTON, Congress, WI (1829-1920)

HAZELTON, Gerry Whiting, (brother of George Cochrane Hazelton and nephew of Clark Beaton Cochrane), a Representative from Wisconsin; born in Chester, Rockingham County, N.H., on February 24,…

Paul, Les

(Encyclopedia) Paul, Les, 1915–2009, American guitarist and inventor, b. Waukesha, Wis., as Lester William Polsfuss (later Polfuss). He began playing…

Richler, Mordecai

(Encyclopedia) Richler, Mordecai, 1931–2001, Canadian novelist, b. Montreal. He fled his native city in the early 1950s and lived mainly in London, returning to Canada in 1972 and from then on…

Mickey Mantle

Born: Oct. 20, 1931Baseball OF named after Hall of Fame catcher Mickey Cochrane; led AL in home runs 4 times; won Triple Crown in 1956; hit 52 HRs in 1956 and 54 in '61; 3-time MVP (1956-57,62);…