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...Died. Josiah Wedgwood, 68, namesake and last family chairman (1947-67) of the British pottery firm that has for 209 years made flawless china and earthenware for both king and commoner; in London...
Publishing excerpts from a forthcoming book, Six Seconds in Dallas, the Post can hardly contain its excitement. Calling Author Josiah Thompson, 32, a philosophy teacher at Haverford College, a "warm and engaging idealist with a mind like a ripsaw," Editor Bill Emerson Jr. enthusiastically writes that the book "demolishes" the Warren Commission Report. An equally emotional editorial declares that the details amassed by Thompson "cry out for the truth to be told and for the murderers to be punished...
...Essay about "The Science & Snares of Statistics" [Sept. 8] reminds me of an observation by Sir Josiah Stamp (1880-1941), himself a player of the game: "The government are very keen on amassing statistics. They collect them, raise them to the nth power, take the cube root and prepare wonderful diagrams. But you must never forget that every one of these figures comes in the first instance from the village watchman, who just puts down what he damn pleases...
...Michael Berger, assistant in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Harvard Medical School, has been selected for a Macy Faculty Fellowship in Academic Obstetrics and Gynecology, effective July 1. The award is made by the Josiah Macy, Jr., Foundation of New York. It will enable Dr. Berger to continue his studies of high-risk pregnancies...
With the expansion that will continue with the sale of stock to the public, the company hopes that it can eventually catch up with its orders. Then perhaps Chairman Josiah Wedgwood, 67, the great-great-great-grandson of the founder, will not be forced to apologize to customers "who have had to suffer the long and vexatious delays owing to orders running in excess of productive capacity...