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Brinkley
Brinkley may refer to: People * Brinkley (surname) Places * Brinkley, Arkansas, U.S., a city ** Brinkley School District, the city's school district ** Brinkley High School, the city's high school * Brinkley, Nottinghamshire, England, a hamlet * Brinkley, Cambridgeshire, England, a village * Brinkley, South Australia, Australia, a locality and former township Fictional places * Brinkley Court, the seat of Dahlia Travers and her husband Tom in the novels and stories of P. G. Wodehouse See also * The Huntley–Brinkley Report ''The Huntley–Brinkley Report'' (sometimes known as ''The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report'' for one of its early sponsors) is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Wa ..., American news program * USS Brinkley Bass, a Gearing-class destroyer ship * Brinkley Act, a clause of the U.S. Communications Act of 1934 {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley, Arkansas
Brinkley is the most populous city in Monroe County, Arkansas, Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 2,700, down from 3,188 in 2010 United States census, 2010. Located within the Arkansas Delta, Brinkley was founded as a railroad town in 1872. The city has historically been a transportation and agricultural center in the region, more recently developing a reputation for outdoors recreation and the ivory-billed woodpecker. Birding has become important to the city and region following the purported discovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in 2004, a species thought to be extinct 60 years earlier. Located halfway between Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock and Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, the city has used the slogan "We'll Meet You Half-Way" in some of its advertising campaigns. History In 1852, a land grant for the construction of rail lines was given to the Little Rock and Memphis Railroad Company, led by it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Huntley–Brinkley Report
''The Huntley–Brinkley Report'' (sometimes known as ''The Texaco Huntley–Brinkley Report'' for one of its early sponsors) is an American television program broadcast by NBC. Anchored by Chet Huntley in New York City, and David Brinkley in Washington, D.C. It aired from October 29, 1956 to July 31, 1970, replacing ''Camel News Caravan'' and was replaced by ''NBC Nightly News''. The program ran for 15 minutes at its inception but expanded to 30 minutes on September 9, 1963, exactly a week after the ''CBS Evening News'' with Walter Cronkite did so. It was developed and produced initially by Reuven Frank. Frank left the program in 1962 to produce documentaries (Eliot Frankel replaced him) but returned to the program the following year when it expanded to 30 minutes. He was succeeded as executive producer in 1965 by Robert "Shad" Northshield and by Wallace Westfeldt in 1969. Overview Background By 1956, NBC executives had grown dissatisfied with John Cameron Swayze in his role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Brinkley Bass
USS ''Brinkley Bass'' (DD-887) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1973. She was then transferred to Brazil where she served as ''Mariz e Barros'' (D-26) until 1997. The destroyer was finally sunk as a target in 2000. Construction ''Brinkley Bass'' was named for Lieutenant Commander Harry Brinkley Bass (1916–1944), who was killed in action when his plane crashed in combat during the invasion of southern France on 20 August 1944. The destroyer was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas on 20 December 1944, launched on 26 May 1945 by Mrs. Percy Bass, mother of Lt. Cmdr. Bass and commissioned on 1 October 1945. History United States Navy service USS ''Brinkley Bass'' (DD-887) was laid down on 20 December 1944 at Orange, Texas, by the Consolidated Steel Corporation and launched on 26 May 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Verna Maulding Bass. The destroyer was commissioned on 1 October 1945. The destroyer spent the remainder of 1945 outfittin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley (surname)
Brinkley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Brinkley (1949–2019), historian * Amy Woods Brinkley (born c. 1956), businesswoman * Beau Brinkley (born 1990), American football player * Casper Brinkley (born 1985), American football player * Christie Brinkley (born 1954), model * Curtis Brinkley (born 1985), American football player * Darryl Brinkley (born 1968), American baseball player and coach * David Brinkley (1920–2003), television journalist * David R. Brinkley (born 1959), Maryland politician * Don Brinkley, (1921–2012) television writer and producer, adoptive father of Christie * Douglas Brinkley (born 1960), American author and historian * Francis Brinkley (1841–1912), Anglo-Irish newspaper author and scholar * Lester Brinkley (1965–2002), American football player * Jack Thomas Brinkley (1930–2019), American politician * Jamel Brinkley, American writer * James Brinkley (born 1974), Scottish cricketer * Jasper Brinkley (born 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley High School
Brinkley High School (BHS) is a comprehensive public junior/senior high school located in Brinkley, Arkansas, United States. For the 2010–11 school year, BHS serves more than 300 students in grades 7 through 12 and is supported by more than 34 educators on a full time equivalent basis. Brinkley High serves portions of Monroe County and Woodruff County and draws students from Brinkley, McCrory, Cotton Plant, Wheatley, Fargo, Moro and Monroe. It is the sole high school of the Brinkley School District. Academics The high school is fully accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). The assumed course of study for students is to complete the ADE Smart Core curriculum that requires at least 22 units prior to graduation. Students complete regular (core and career focus) courses and exams and may select Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams that provide an opportunity for college credit prior to high school graduation. Extracurricular activities The Brin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley Court
The following is a list of recurring or notable fictional locations featured in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse, in alphabetical order by place name. Angler's Rest The Angler's (or Anglers') Rest is the fictional public house frequented by irrepressible raconteur Mr. Mulliner. At the beginning of each Mulliner short story, Mr. Mulliner and his companions are having a conversation in the bar-parlour that touches on a variety of topics, often unconnected to the previous one. As one patron put it in " Archibald and the Masses": "We range. We flit. We leap from point to point. As an erudite Gin and Angostura once put it, we are like Caesar's wife, ready for anything." The conversations lead Mr. Mulliner to have a recollection of a similar event introducing some new members of the very large Mulliner family. The story then leaves the pub to enter into the narrator's world. The landlord of The Angler's Rest is named Ernest Biggs (" The Juice of an Orange"), and his amiable barmaid is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley, Cambridgeshire
Brinkley is a small village in Cambridgeshire, England. It is situated about 15 miles east of Cambridge and 5 miles south of Newmarket, the horse racing centre. It features a pub, The Brinkley Lion, but its post office closed down in the 1990s. Children go to school in the neighbouring village, Burrough Green Burrough Green is a village and parish in Cambridgeshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 378. The soil is various; subsoil, clay and chalk. The chief crops are wheat, barley and roots. The area of the parish is .... The local church is St Mary's Church. Most of it dates from around 1600 but some parts of it are older. It has a beautiful east window (the tower is at the west end) which is thought to date from around 1300 so it is likely there was probably a building here much earlier. The rectors of Brinkley are recorded back to 1260. There have been around 50 since then. From time to time the residents invite everyone with the surna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley, South Australia
Brinkley is a locality and former township in South Australia west of the Murray River and approximately south west by road from the centre of Murray Bridge. Its boundaries for the long-established locality were formalised in March 2000. It is named for the cadastral division in which it lies, the Hundred of Brinkley, which itself was named after Captain M. Brinkley who in 1860 was the clerk of the state's Executive Council. Hundred of Brinkley The Hundred of Brinkley is larger than the modern locality boundaries. It includes all or most of the localities and towns: See also * List of cities and towns in South Australia This is a list of town and locality names in South Australia outside the metropolitan postal area of Adelaide. :For a list of suburbs in metropolitan areas of Adelaide, see lists inside following individual city council articles: City of Adela ... References Towns in South Australia {{SouthAustralia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley School District
Brinkley School District is a public school district in Brinkley, Monroe County, Arkansas, United States. Schools * C. B. Partee Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 6. * Brinkley High School Brinkley High School (BHS) is a comprehensive public junior/senior high school located in Brinkley, Arkansas, United States. For the 2010–11 school year, BHS serves more than 300 students in grades 7 through 12 and is supported by more than 34 ..., serving grades 7 through 12. References External links * Education in Monroe County, Arkansas School districts in Arkansas {{Arkansas-school-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkley, Nottinghamshire
Brinkley is a hamlet in Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ..., England. It is located 1 mile south-east of Southwell, and is within the Southwell civil parish. External links Hamlets in Nottinghamshire Southwell, Nottinghamshire Newark and Sherwood {{Nottinghamshire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
