Thomas Hale Boggs, A Democratic Congressman from Louisiana, was killed in an airplane crash in Alaska. He and his party were flying from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska on October 16, 1972, when the plane went missing. He was born February 15, 1914, in Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mr. Boggs has a correspondence file, and he was involved in the investigation in a bribery case involving the building of the underground parking garage on Capitol Hill. His wife, Lindy Boggs succeeded him in Congress.
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