In the midst of the ceremony, first lady Pat Nixon grabbed the microphone and announced the Thomas-Cornell engagement. “At last,” the first lady said, “I’ve scooped Helen Thomas.” ...

Helen Thomas questions President Ronald Reagan during ... to the Washington press corps that Thomas was engaged to Douglas Cornell, chief White House correspondent for UPI’s archrival, The ...

Slideshow: Remembering Helen Thomas The uproar pushed her out of the ... press corps that Thomas was engaged to Douglas Cornell, chief White House correspondent for UPI's archrival, The ...

WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, the veteran White House correspondent ... Washington press corps that Thomas was engaged to Douglas Cornell, chief White House correspondent for UPI’s archrival ...

Veteran White House journalist Helen Thomas died early Saturday ... she was a columnist for Hearst Newspapers. At 51, Thomas wed fellow reporter Douglas Cornell, who died only seven years later.

Helen Thomas, the feisty, trailblazing White House ... Thomas married Douglas Cornell, then the Associated Press White House reporter, in 1971. He died in 1982.

Helen Thomas, the irrepressible White House correspondent ... to the Washington press corps that Thomas was engaged to Douglas Cornell, chief White House correspondent for UPI's archrival, AP.