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Died. Paul Aldermandt Porter, 71, eminent Washington lawyer and raconteur, who held a string of important federal posts three decades ago; after choking on a bite of lobster in a Washington restaurant. Porter worked his way through Kentucky Wesleyan College and the University of Kentucky College of Law with newspaper jobs, and in 1929 became editor of the La Grange (Ga.) News. He served as publicity director for the Democratic National Committee during President Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1944 campaign, later became chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, head of the Office of Price Administration, then the ambassador leading...
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