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2 unusual facts about Fred W. Parks


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.


13th Primetime Emmy Awards

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

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.

Boomers! Parks

Parks is a chain of family entertainment centers which feature indoor activities such as carousels, kiddie swings, restaurants, musical shows, and amusement arcades, and outdoor activities such as miniature golf, kiddie rides, bumper boats, batting cages, go-karts, kiddie roller coasters, laser tag, and in the case of the Dania Beach, Florida location, a wooden roller coaster called the Dania Beach Hurricane.

CaribPress

Since that time CaribPress has profiled notable figures from a variety of professions including former Jamaican Prime Minister P. J. Patterson, television executive Paula Madison, Los Angeles City Councilman Bernard Parks and businessman Butch Stewart.

Cornish language

Frederick Jago published his English-Cornish Dictionary in 1882.

Floyd B. Parks

He was promoted to the rank of Major on 8 May 1942, and given command of Marine Fighting Squadron Two Twenty One (VMF-221) during the Battle of Midway.

He remained in that assignment until March 1942, when he joined the Second Marine Aircraft Wing in San Diego, for deployment to Midway.

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 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.

Fred W. Stockham

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

George Parks

George N. Parks (1953–2010), University of Massachusetts band director

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.

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 J. Parks

Parks held this position from January 1984 to 30 June 1987 under JPL Director Lew Allen.

Salisbury, Missouri

Floyd B. Parks -- U.S. Marine aviator who earned the Navy Cross posthumously for his actions leading Marine fighter squadron VMF-221 during the Battle of Midway.

Stockham

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


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