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...year-old graduate of Annapolis began a tour of duty as a gunboat ensign in China during the Sun Yat-sen Revolution. Last week, 73, and seamed and toughened by the years, Retired Admiral Alan G. Kirk returned to duty in Asia as U.S. Ambassador to Nationalist China. A World War II hero who led invasion fleets against Sicily and Normandy, Kirk also proved himself an able diplomat as Ambassador to Moscow from 1949 to 1952. His selection for the post in Taipei ended a long search for a man who was respected by Administration officials, by outspoken supporters...
...Married. Ensign Franklin Delano Roosevelt III, 23, F.D.R.'s grandson, who was christened in the White House in 1939; and Grace Rumsey Goodyear, 21, Smith College sophomore; in Darien, Conn...
...became a gunnery expert. By World War II, he had his rear admiral's flag, led invasion task forces at Sicily and Normandy, instituted the custom of broadcasting battle action to seamen below decks. His last professional contact with China was in 1911-14 as a gunboat ensign on the Asiatic Station during the Sun Yat-sen revolution. His last prolonged contact with the Kennedys was in 1939-1940, when Joseph Kennedy was Ambassador to the Court of St. James's and Kirk was his naval attache...
...think of no good argument to explain why our flag is not put out every clear day. I do not think that it will be an insuit to the foreign students at this university; I do not think that it will be so unpleasant to look upon the ensign of our liberty. If a patriotic argument--that the flag reminds us that we are Americans, that we are free men, and that it symbolizes our heritage of free institution--will not arouse interest in this community, perhaps I may at least contend that the flag represents our highly valued academic...
Died. Earle Ensign Dickson, 68, longtime employee of New Jersey's Johnson & Johnson surgical supply company who, while treating his wife's finger for a kitchen knife mishap in 1920, inadvertently invented the Band-Aid, which eventually earned his firm $30 million in annual sales and Dickson a vice-presidency; after a long illness; in New Brunswick...