(Encyclopedia) Büchner, GeorgBüchner, Georggāˈôrk bükhˈnər [key], 1813–37, German dramatist. He was a student of medicine and a political agitator. He died at the age of 24, leaving a powerful drama…
(Encyclopedia) Whiskey Ring, in U.S. history, a group of distillers and public officials who defrauded the federal government of liquor taxes. Soon after the Civil War these taxes were raised very…
(Encyclopedia) Bonatti, Walter, 1930–2011, Italian mountain climber. He became famous for such feats as the first climb (1951) of Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif and the ascent (1958) of…
(Encyclopedia) Bowles, Chester BlissBowles, Chester Blissbōlz [key], 1901–86, U.S. public official, b. Springfield, Mass.; grandson of Samuel Bowles (1851–1915). At first a journalist and an…
McKEOUGH, Raymond Stephen, a Representative from Illinois; born in Chicago, Ill., April 29, 1888; attended public and parochial schools; was graduated from De La Salle Institute, Chicago, Ill…
Senate Years of Service: 1957-1963Party: DemocratCARROLL, John Albert, a Representative and a Senator from Colorado; born in Denver, Colo., July 30, 1901; attended the public schools; during…
Senate Years of Service: 1937-1943Party: DemocratHERRING, Clyde LaVerne, a Senator from Iowa; born in Jackson, Jackson County, Mich., May 3, 1879; attended the public schools; moved to Detroit…
SCHEUER, James Haas, a Representative from New York; born in New York, New York, February 6, 1920; graduated from the Fieldston School, Riverdale, N.Y., 1938; A.B., Swarthmore College,…
CONDON, Robert Likens, a Representative from California; born in Berkeley, Alameda County, Calif., November 10, 1912; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of…
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