(Encyclopedia) Snowdon, Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of, 1930–2017, British photographer. Educated at Eton and Cambridge, he married Princess Margaret in 1960 and was created earl…
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BURLESON, Omar Truman, a Representative from Texas; born in Anson, Jones County, Tex., March 19, 1906; attended the public schools, Abilene Christian College, and Hardin-Simmons University at…
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SHOWS, Clifford Ronald, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Moselle, Jones County, Miss., January 26, 1947; graduated from Moselle High School, Moselle, Miss., 1965; B.S., University of…
