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Died. John F. Finerty, 82, acerbic trial lawyer who defended many unpopular causes, in the 1920s fought for the release of funds donated by Americans to aid Eamon de Valera's struggle for Irish independence, in 1927 argued the last writ of habeas corpus for Sacco and Vanzetti the night of their execution, and in 1953 joined in a last-ditch attempt to save convicted Atom Spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from the electric chair; of bronchial pneumonia; in Oceanside...
...Week uprising and later a member of the underground Irish Republican Army, Lemass turned politician after independence in 1921 when Britain created the self-governing Irish Free State but retained jurisdiction over the six Protestant counties of Ulster. Eleven years later, the Fianna Fail came to power, led by Eamon de Valera, and in 1959, when Prime Minister De Valera moved up to the presidency, Lemass stepped in as Prime Minister. In power, he improved relations with long-hated Britain, broke precedent by making a friendly call on Ulster's Prime Minister Terence O'Neill, and launched...
Villanova's Charlie Messenger won the individual title by lopping nearly nine seconds off the old record, set last year by Georgetown's Eamon O'Reilly. Messenger's time of 24:15.6 over the hilly five-mile course put him well in front of Michigan State's Dick Sharkey, who also broke the old mark...
Sophomore Jim Baker, who earlier in the season set a University record in the two-mile run with a 9:11.1, ran a 9:05.5 Saturday for a third place, over ten seconds better than the fourth man. Georgetown's Eamon O'Reilly won the event in 8:57.8, followed by Barry Brown of Providence in 9:01.3. Harvard sophomore Joe Ryan did not place, but turned in a fine...
...bloody 1916 uprising, who then sided with the moderates accepting Britain's offer of self-rule, in 1922 became President of the Irish Free State, working ably to put the exhausted country on its feet, establish an efficient legislature, stabilize finances and improve agriculture, but still lost to Eamon de Valera in 1932, thereafter leading the opposition until retirement in 1944; of a heart attack; in County Dublin; Ireland...