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Died. Richard H. Amberg, 55, publisher of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, a Harvard-educated businessman-journalist who went to the Globe when Sam Newhouse added it to his chain in 1955, rejuvenated the paper's editorials, concentrated on local coverage, civic progress and a personal membership in virtually every organization in town, all of which lifted circulation (now 315,000 daily) to within hailing distance of the international-minded Post-Dispatch; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...suburban San Mateo, Calif., Mrs. Charles Black is known as a busy housewife, civic worker and Republican fund raiser. To the rest of the world, of course, she will always be Shirley Temple, and when she cast her bonnet into the political ring last week there were the inevitable cracks about the curly-haired moppet boop-a-dooping into the U.S. Congress to the tune of On the Good Ship Lollipop. In fact, as the candidate said in no uncertain terms, "Little Shirley Temple is not running. Make it, Shirley Temple Black, Republican independent...
...Mothers. As the chain grew over the years, the papers developed much the same look. In general, they use wire services to cover national and international news - to which they give front-page display - while their own reporters cover local events. The papers follow a conservative line, are staunch civic boosters. The Repository has campaigned for the establishment of a professional-football hall of fame in Canton. It has been similarly attentive to the locally based Timken Roller Bearing Co., world's largest tapered roller-bearing manufacturer. "I can't remember the Rep ever speaking out against anything...
...ends with The Star Spangled Banner or Stars and Stripes Forever, the clues to its popularity are easy to see. For one, it is free. For another, even clinkers are fun to people who are there as participants, friends and relatives. Moreover, concerts give a town an item of civic pride. "It's a true gathering of the real family life of America," says one mother, who might be quoting The Music Man line: "Gotta figger out a way t'keep the young ones moral after school!" The old find charm in the band-concert tradition...
...since 1957 and unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Florida's governorship last year; of a heart attack; in Coral Gables. A scrappy Tennessee-born lawyer, High asserted strong leadership in what is a largely ceremonial post (an administrator runs day-to-day operations), easing racial tensions by organizing a civic panel to hear Negro job grievances and working effectively to resettle over 100,000 exiles from Castro's Cuba. Last year he defeated incumbent Governor Hayden Burns in a gloves-off primary fight, but did not have the muscle to match Claude Kirk, who became Florida's first...