Word: blair
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. James Thomas Blair, 60, onetime Governor of Missouri (1956-60), a bourbon-drinking friend of Harry Truman, whose major campaign in office was to improve his state's mental health program by building more and better hospitals; and Emilie Chorn Blair, his wife. 58; both from accidental asphyxiation (carbon monoxide fumes sucked into the airconditioning system of their home from the garage where their Cadillac was parked, its engine running); in Jefferson City...
...Post announced it would move its editorial staff to New York during the summer; in final disillusionment, a brace of senior editors resigned. Other cutbacks, Curtis says, will save the company $6,000,000 a year. In a move toward new efficiencies, Curtis named Post Managing Editor Clay Blair, 37, vice president plenipotentiary-in charge of economies, modernization, new systems and editorial departments...
...Wolf-Man" Drummey displayed his prowess in the batter's box by winning the Charles H. Blair bat, annually awarded to the leading batsman in the EIBL. His .471 average was top in the league. Second to Drummey was Bartolet with a .412 average...
...SUSAN BLAIR SMITH...
...dipping into the bank to help one of his pet projects. In the next five years, said Winthrop Rockefeller, chairman of the board of Colonial Williamsburg, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund will ante up $2,000,000 to finance the restoration of such buildings as the John Custis house, the Blair-Prentis general store, and early America's first theater, right down to the 18th century stage and props...