The journalist covered the struggle for civil rights in Selma, Ala., and later became a columnist and wrote books on politics and government.
Haynes Johnson, a Washington journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the civil rights movement and migrated from newspapers to television, books and teaching, died Friday at a hospital in Bethesda, Md., after suffering a heart attack. He was 81.
With IBM colleague Gerd Binnig, Rohrer invented the scanning tunneling microscope, which can show individual atoms on a surface and move them around.
The electron microscope revolutionized biology in the 1930s by providing magnifications thousands of times higher than that of light microscopes, allowing scientists to discern the inner workings of cells for the first time.
Flynn Robinson, 72, guard on championship Lakers team; Steve Forrest, 87, star of TV's 'S.W.A.T.'; Mack Emerman, 89, founder of Criteria Recording Studios
A longtime Republican state senator and assemblyman, Newton R. Russell was admired on both sides of the aisle for his fairness and knowledge of the arcane rules of the state pension system.
Newton R. Russell, a veteran state senator known as an expert on California's complex public pension system and a stickler for upholding legislative rules, died Saturday of lung cancer at his La Cañada Flintridge home, his family said. He was 85.
As a boy growing up in L.A., Goddard dreamed of adventures in faraway lands: climbing the world's most perilous peaks, navigating its major rivers and exploring its most remote regions.
Indiana Jones, the swashbuckling fictional adventurer, would seem to have nothing on John Goddard.
By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times
Tue May 21 01:00:00 UTC 2013
KCSG Obituaries
Robert Orval Vowles
(June 13, 1926 - February 27, 2012)
(St. George, UT) - Robert Orval Vowles, age 85, passed away on February 27, 2012 in St. George, Utah. He was born on June 13, 1926 in Tooele, Utah to Albert Orval Vowles and Amy Orme Vowles.
He is ...
Mary Lou Baldwin
January 3, 1956 - February 26, 2012
(New Harmony, UT) - Mary Lou Baldwin, 56, of New Harmony, UT, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 26, 2012.
Mary was born in Placerville, CA on January 3, 1956, to Juanita Colin and the late ...
Lola Helen Francisco Gibson
(May 21, 1930 - February 22, 2012)
(Hurricane, UT) - Lola Helen Francisco Gibson passed away February 22, 2012. She was born May 21, 1930 in Tropic, Utah to Charles Edward and Elizabeth Viola Smith Francisco. She married Ward Navar ...
Arthur Stanley Vick
(December 16, 1915 - February 26, 2012)
(Hurricane, UT) - Arthur Stanley Vick passed away February 26, 2012. He was born December 16, 1915 in Poole, England to Valentine David Vick and Louisa L. Glen Vick. He married Rita Helsdon.
Arthur...
Marie Canova Thornton
(January 31, 1918 - February 23, 2012)
(LaVerkin, UT) - Our beloved mother, Marie Canova Thornton, 94, passed away peacefully at her home on February 23, 2012 after a short but valiant struggle with cancer. She was born January 31, 1918...
Frank E. White
(August 29, 1928 - February 23, 2012)
(Las Vegas, NV) - Frank Elbert White, age 83, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He was born August 29, 1928 in McGill, Nevada to Richard and Maude Myrtle Miller White. On Novem...
Lloyd Dean Smith
November 20, 1927 - February 20, 2012 (St. George, UT) - Lloyd Dean Smith, son of Charles Edmund Smith and Elsie Miller, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 20, 2012, in St. George, Utah.
Lloyd, a great husband and father, was ...
Wendell Clark Collings
1928 - February 20, 2012 (St. George, UT) - Wendell Clark Collings passed away peacefully in his home in St. George, UT on February 20, 2012 at age 83. Wendell was born in 1928 in Orem UT. He was a faithful member of the C...
Lola Helen Francisco Gibson
(May 21, 1930 - February 22, 2012)
(Hurricane, UT) - Lola Helen Francisco Gibson passed away February 22, 2012. She was born May 21, 1930 in Tropic, Utah to Charles Edward and Elizabeth Viola Smith Francisco. She married Ward Navar ...
Dorothy Bates
Jun 11, 1926 - Feb 22, 2012
Dorothy L. Bates, age 85, of St. George, Utah and Casper, Wyoming, passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, in St. George. She was the second daughter of James O. Hartman and Esther Maynard, bo...