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unusual facts about Fred W. Hooper


Fred W. Hooper

Born in Cleveland, Georgia, Hooper quit school in the eighth grade and worked as a schoolteacher, a carpenter, a riveter, a prizefighter and a potato farmer.


13th Primetime Emmy Awards

Fred W. Friendly, David Lowe, Edward R. Murrow for CBS Reports, (Episode: "Harvest of Shame"), (CBS)

Alabama Public Service Commission

Commissioner Jim Zeigler, following his single term on the PSC, ran for state supreme court, civil appeals court, state treasurer and state auditor, losing each by narrow margins, thus earning the nickname "Mr. 49%." He made a comeback in 2004 when he surprised the political establishment by defeating long-time Republican National Committeeman and former Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper, Sr. for Statewide Delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Ben W. Hooper

Hooper served as a member of the U.S. Railroad Labor Board (RLB) during the administration of President Warren G. Harding in the early 1920s, and as chairman of the RLB was a central figure in the 1922 Railroad Shopmen's Strike.

As chairman of the RLB, Hooper was a central figure in the Railroad Shopmen's Strike which erupted in the summer of 1922 over wage cuts for maintenance workers approved by the RLB.

Black-appeal stations

Edward R. Murrow and a young collaborator, Fred W. Friendly, had transformed their documentary radio series Hear It Now into See It Now.

Boston Terrier

The Boston Terrier breed originated around 1870, when Robert C. Hooper of Boston, purchased a dog Judge from Edward Burnett known later as Hooper's Judge, who was of a Bull and Terrier type lineage.

C. E. Hooper

This information was valuable to the radio networks NBC, CBS, ABC and Mutual Broadcasting System, as it would allow them to charge advertisers more for a popular series than a less popular series.

In February 1950, though, the company was bought by competitor A.C. Nielsen.

Cornish language

Frederick Jago published his English-Cornish Dictionary in 1882.

Daryl E. Hooper

Hooper left La Trobe in 1980 to take up the position of Head of one of the Laboratories of the GEC Research Hirst Centre in Wembley, UK under the Director Derek Roberts.

Edwin B. Hooper

Hooper gained approval for the development of the AIM-9 Sidewinder.

Fred Archer

Fred W. Archer, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 1913–1917

Fred Glover

Fred W. Glover, computer scientist, inventor of tabu search and of the term "meta-heuristic"

Fred Parks

Fred W. Parks (1871–1941), Lieutenant Governor of Colorado, 1905–1907

Fred W. Parks

He earned his law degree in 1895 after studying at the University of Denver and the Colorado State University.

Fred W. Stockham

Between that time and his death, he served in the Toulon sector, in the Aisne operation, and at Belleau Wood.

George William Bagby

He having kept alive the old school of Southern humor, founded by Augustus Baldwin Longstreet and Johnson J. Hooper.

Joseph L. Hooper

He was circuit court commissioner of Calhoun County, 1901–1903; prosecuting attorney of Calhoun County, 1903–1907; and city attorney of Battle Creek, 1916–1918.

He was reelected to the 70th and to the three succeeding Congresses, serving from August 18, 1925, until his death in Washington, D.C. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Battle Creek.

Little People

In the middle 1970s, Fisher-Price produced the Sesame Street town, with various Sesame Street stores, a bridge with stop lights and Sesame Street characters such as Bert, Ernie, and the only Little People toys that have been modeled after celebrities -- Loretta Long (Susan), Roscoe Orman (Gordon) and Will Lee (Mr. Hooper).

Max Otto Koischwitz

On July 26, 1943 Koischwitz, along with Fred W. Kaltenbach, Jane Anderson, Edward Delaney, Constance Drexel, Robert Henry Best, Douglas Chandler and Ezra Pound, was indicted in absentia by a District of Columbia grand jury on charges of treason.

Mr. Hooper

His first name was revealed on the March 15, 1976 episode (#871) when it was shown on the GED he had just earned.

Perry O. Hooper, Sr.

In what would become a 11 month legal struggle through both the Ernest C. "Sonny" Hornsby, the sitting Democrat Chief Justice whom he defeated sued in court to keep the seat.

Public-access television

Also, at that same time in New York City, Fred Friendly, head of the Cable TV and Communications Commission, made recommendations for a leased-access channel for public use.

Robert Love Taylor

He lost in the general election, however, to the Republican nominee, Ben W. Hooper.

Stockham

Fred W. Stockham (1881-1918), United States Marine, posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor


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