Ruth Elizabeth “Bazy” McCormick Tankersley was Col. Robert McCormick’s favorite niece. Now 84, she is a dynamic and talented woman whose parents both served in the U.S. Congress from Illinois. When Col. McCormick’s first cousin, Eleanor Medill “Cissy” Patterson-a colorful figure who owned the Washington Times-Herald-died in 1948, McCormick bought the paper. He put his […]
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