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Died. Ely Culbertson, 64, high priest of contract bridge, author (Contract Bridge Blue Book, The Strange Lives of One Man), founder and president of the peace-minded World Federation Inc.; of a lung congestion; in Brattleboro, Vt. Culbertson introduced new methods of contract bridge, made his name a household word after he parlayed national publicity gained from his six-week tournament with Sydney S. Lenz in 1931 (referee: Lieut. Al Gruenther, now boss of NATO) into one of the large Depression fortunes...
Caltech may have dropped meteorology, but I won't give up my memories of Long Range Forecasting Unit A, the Air Force weather unit that invaded the basement of Culbertson Hall for six months in 1943. Under Weatherman Dr. Irving P. Krick (then Major Krick), enlisted men plotted worldwide weather maps, and Krick and his forecasters endeavored to predict weather as far ahead as 30 days . . . One day, badgered (via Teletype) by Washington HQ for an overdue forecast, Krick could not get them to understand that the delay was caused by missing or unavailable data. Finally he blew...
Divorced. Ely Culbertson. 62. Rumanian-born maharaja of contract bridge; by Dorothy Baehne Culbertson. 28, his second wife after seven years of marriage, one child; in Newfane...
Classic & Sound. Ike has been playing bridge for more than 25 years, ranks as an expert just a shade below tournament class. His game was once described by Ely Culbertson as "classic, sound, with flashes of brilliance." His favorite bridge partner, NATO's General Alfred Gruenther, is one of the few military men who have long been regarded as better than Ike at the game.* After one crucial hand, in which they were soundly set, Partners Eisenhower and Gruenther mulled over the game play in an exchange of letters that went on for two years...
...Gruenther's biggest moment among the masters: the grudge match between Ely Culbertson and Sydney S. Lenz (partners included Mrs. Culbertson and Oswald Jacoby), in which Lieut. Gruenther, then an instructor at West Point, acted as referee...