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Richard Joseph Daley
Richard J. Daley Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and the last of the nation's big city bosses. The most powerful mayor in Chicago's history, Richard J. Daley, was born in a working class neighborhood on May 15, 1902, the only son of Michael Daley,... Read more |
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Jane Byrne
Jane Byrne 1934-, American politician, b. Chicago as Margaret Jane Burke. She was Chicago's consumer sales commissioner (1968-77) under Mayor Richard Daley before she became the first woman to win election (1979) as mayor of the city. During Byrne's single term, the city faced severe financial... Read more |
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Dandi Daley Mackall
Mackall, Dandi Daley 1949- (Dandi)PersonalBorn Dorothy Ann Daley, March 24, 1949, in Kansas City, MO; daughter of F.R. (a physician) and Helen (a nurse) Daley; married Joseph S. Mackall (a professor and writer); children: Jennifer, Katy, Dan. Education: University of Missouri—Columbia, B.A., 1971;... Read more |
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Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart , 1897-1937, American aviator, b. Atchison, Kans. She was the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane (1928) and the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic (1932). She was the first person to fly alone from Honolulu to California (1935). In 1937, she attempted... Read more |
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Johnathan Rodgers
Johnathan Rodgers 1946— Television executive Johnathan Rodgers is among the nation's most influential television executives. He served as the highest-ranking black executive at an American television network from 1990 to 1996; then expanded Discovery Network into a multi-billion dollar... Read more |
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Juan Terry Trippe
Juan Terry Trippe , 1899-1981, pioneering American aviation executive, b. Sea Bright, N.J. A U.S. Navy pilot (1917-18), he graduated (1921) from Yale, and worked briefly on Wall Street. Fascinated with aviation, Trippe founded (1922) a short-lived air taxi service. Two years later he and three... Read more |
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decathlon
decathlon , in modern Olympic games , a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. It consists of the long jump; the high jump; the discus throw; the shot putt; the javelin throw; the 100-, 400-, and 1,500-meter races; the 110-meter hurdle race; and the pole... Read more |
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John Marshall Harlan II
Harlan, John Marshall, II (b. Chicago, Ill., 20 May 1899; d. Washington, D.C., 29 Dec. 1971; cremated and interred Emmanuel Episcopal Cemetery, Weston, Conn.), associate justice, 1955–1971. John M. Harlan, which he preferred to be called to distinguish himself from his more illustrious... Read more |
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Unita Blackwell
Unita Blackwell 1933– Mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi The Civil Rights Years A Seasoned Activist Her Honor, the Mayor Earned Master’ Read more |
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Lords Prayer
Lord's Prayer or Our Father, the principal Christian prayer that Jesus in the New Testament (Mat. 6.9-13; Luke 11.2-4) taught his followers, beginning, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name." It summarizes Jesus' teaching and stresses the concern of honoring God before that of... Read more |
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Mayor reflects on Richard J. Daley and his times Children of six-term...
...reshaped the Chicago skyline and...chairman. Richard M. Daley took a city...institutions his father kept at arms length: the Chicago Housing Authority...years after Richard J. ... |
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Mayor for the Millennium
...meeting of the mayors last Friday...Bloomberg and Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm...to Mayor Daley on the grounds...mayor of Chicago and allowed...Rovers, in honor of Daley’s ... |
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Bush, Chicago Mayor Ignore Party Lines to Forge Strong Partnership.
...praise for Daley's brother, the Chicago mayor whose...get to know your brother Rich," Daley recalls Bush...Indeed, Mayor Richard M. Daley was...luncheon at the ... |
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Thousands honor ‘ideal firefighter’
...to bear for Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and the thousands...emotional Daley told the...of God in Chicago’s Woodlawn...old devoted father of three was a true...as “an honor” to have ... |
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NOT for naught has Chicago's soon-to-retire Richard [Derived Headline]
...naught has Chicago's soon-to-retire Richard M. Daley been called...America's mayors," hailed...heavy-handed father, Mayor Richard J. Daley...example: ... |
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Daley Wins // Sawyer calls for harmony
...Richard M. Daley won a decisive...victory over Mayor Sawyer Tuesday...election. Daley, 46, the...term Mayor Richard J. Daley, succeeded...nomination for his father's old ... |
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Justice William Clark; defied Daley rule in '68
...Justice and Chicago Mayor Michael A...into one of Chicago's more...grandfather and father, both named...state with honor and dignity...Convention in Chicago that year...angered Mayor Richard ... |
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Lieberman mixes God into political message in Chicago.
...to God and Mayor Richard Daley for support...hearts of Chicago's leading...since the Chicago freedom movement...clergy, Daley and Reps...But with your help and...help, I'm going to...visit ... |
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Irv Kupcinet
...appeared in the Chicago Sun- Times...identified with Chicago as the Picasso...were," Mayor Richard Daley said...history of Chicago because his...without having your name in boldface...30 ... |
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Seven high pillars of Daley's success.
...naught has Chicago's soon-to-retire Richard M. Daley been called...America's mayors," hailed...heavy-handed father, Mayor Richard J. Daley...example: ... |
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