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Cronkite, Walter

(Encyclopedia) Cronkite, Walter (Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.)Cronkite, Walterkrŏngˈkīt, krŏnˈ– [key], 1916–2009, American news broadcaster, b. St. Joseph, Mo. He left (1935) the Univ. of Texas to…

Weicker, Lowell Palmer, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Weicker, Lowell Palmer, Jr., , 1931–2023 , American politician, b. Paris, France, Yale Univ. (B.A., 1953), Univ. of Virginia…

Buckley, William Frank, Jr.

(Encyclopedia) Buckley, William Frank, Jr., 1925–2008, American editor, author, and lecturer, b. New York City, grad. Yale, 1946. A popular, eloquent, and witty spokesman for the conservative point…

Cape Kennedy

(Encyclopedia) Cape Kennedy: see Cape Canaveral, Fla.

De Niro, Robert Anthony Jr.

(Encyclopedia) De Niro, Robert Anthony, Jr., 1943-, American film actor and director, b. New York, N.Y. Both of De Niro’s parents were painters; De…

Andrew KENNEDY, Congress, IN (1810-1847)

KENNEDY, Andrew, (cousin of Case Broderick), a Representative from Indiana; born in Dayton, Ohio, July 24, 1810; moved with his parents to a farm on the Indian reserve near Lafayette, Ind.;…

Mark KENNEDY, Congress, MN (1957)

KENNEDY, Mark, a Representative from Minnesota; born in Benson, Swift County, Minn., April 11, 1957; graduated from St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minn., 1979; M.B.A., University of…

Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy

(Encyclopedia) Shriver, Eunice Mary Kennedy, 1921–2009, American philanthropist and advocate for the intellectually disabled, b. Brookline, Mass., grad. Stanford (1943); she was a daughter of Joseph…

James Earl Carter, Jr.

Born: 10/1/1924Birthplace: Plains, Ga. James Earl Carter, Jr., was born in the tiny village of Plains, Ga., Oct. 1, 1924, and grew up on the family farm at nearby Archery. Both parents were fifth-…