a large sofa usually convertible into a bed a small decorative writing desk a city in eastern Iowa on the Mississippi River across from Moline and Rock Island
born April 1597, Coventry, Warwickshire, Eng. died March 15, 1670, Boston, Mass. British-American Puritan clergyman. A vicar in London, he moved to Amsterdam in 1633 and served there as co-pastor of the English Church. In 1637 he left for America with Theophilus Eaton ( 1590-1658) and their followers. They founded a colony at Quinnipiac (New Haven) in 1638; Davenport became pastor of the New Haven church, and Eaton was chosen governor. After failing to prevent New Haven's union with the Connecticut colony, Davenport left in 1667 to lead the First Church in Boston
born Aug. 26, 1901, Keytesville, Mo., U.S. died April 19, 1987, Washington, D.C. U.S. army officer. He graduated from West Point and helped organize the army's first airborne division early in World War II. He commanded a parachute assault in the Normandy Campaign and in the Battle of the Bulge (1944). He served as commanding general of UN forces in Korea (1953), as U.S. Army chief of staff (1955-59), and as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1962-64). He was appointed ambassador to South Vietnam (1964-65) and was a special consultant to Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson (1965-69). He advocated the maintenance of conventional infantry as a prudent alternative to the use of nuclear weapons in war