Records of the U.S. Senate, 1789 - 2015. Committee Papers, 1816 - 2011
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R. Peter Straus was the president of WMCA, a radio station in New York City, and the chairman of Straus News, a publisher of newspapers in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. He was the director of Voice of America from 1977 to 1979. ...
Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995
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