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Died. Kokichi Mikimoto, 95, onetime noodle merchant who became the world's largest producer of cultured pearls; of a kidney ailment; in Nagoya, Japan. Perfecting by trial and error a method of seeding oysters known since the 13th century (a fleck of sand or a tiny bead is forced into the oyster, which seeks to counteract the irritant by coating it with layer upon layer of pearl-making nacre), spry, fun-loving Mikimoto (who entertained his employees with feats of magic and parasol-twirling) scandalized Paris in 1913, when he first brought his quarter-price pearls to the international...
Died. Brigadier General Paul Thomas ("Pete") Carroll, 44, White House staff secretary; of a heart ailment; in Washington. A battalion commander under Dwight Eisenhower in World War II, handsome West Pointer Carroll served Ike in a variety of posts after the war (e.g., as top aide at SHAPE), after the inauguration became the President's chief liaison officer with the Pentagon before taking over as staff secretary...
...chairman of the board and co-founder with his father of the Hoover Co., which, in 1908 (under the name Electric Suction Sweeper Co.), marketed the first vacuum cleaners, grew into one of the world's largest electrical appliance firms (1953 sales: $51 million); of a heart ailment; in Canton, Ohio...
...Frank Erne (rhymes with churny), 79, onetime lightweight (1899-1902) boxing champion, conqueror in 1900 of the immortal Joe Gans (to whom he lost the crown in a rematch that ended with a first-round, one-punch knockout), in recent years the oldest living ex-champion; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan...
Died. Helen Nicolay, 88, daughter of Abraham Lincoln's personal secretary, John G. Nicolay, and author of popular biographies of popular people (MacArthur of Bataan, China's First Lady); of a heart ailment; in Washington...