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DIED. James G. Grant, 53, an associate editor at TIME for five years; of a heart attack; in Valhalla, N. Y. A veteran of Stars and Stripes in Berlin, Army Times in London and the Newburgh (N.Y.) News, Grant joined TIME in 1969, where he specialized in business writing and helped to launch the magazine's Energy section...
DIED. Joseph A. Colombo Sr., 54, Brooklyn Mafia chieftain who became the outspoken founder of the Italian-American Civil Rights League; as a result of gunshot wounds suffered at a 1971 league rally in Manhattan; in Newburgh, N.Y. After a lackluster youth as a petty criminal in the underworld, Colombo became an efficient member of a five-man assassination squad under one of the Mafia bosses. Assigned in 1963 by another chieftain to murder reputed Godfather Carlo Gambino and two other high-ranking bosses, Colombo decided his victims would be worth more to him than his contract and tipped them...
...another at Terre Haute, and 250 more to perform similar duty along an intentionally undisclosed coal route. Other states in the region assigned their police forces to protect coal shipments. Moreover, the Coast Guard patrolled a 42-mile "safety zone" along the Ohio River from the Cannelton Locks to Newburgh, Ind., where much of the nonunion coal was barged...
...lobster Newburgh dinner was the brightest part of the day for the Crimson ski team yesterday as both the Alpine and Nordic squads finished in the bottom half of the standings at the Middlebury (Vt.) Carnival...
...Support for One President. Nixon's policy is still strong, however. Says Mrs. George Brooks of Newburgh, N.Y.: "I have gone with the Administration right along, and I still am with the Administration." Adds Mrs. Richard Bodden of Downers Grove, Ill.: "We have one President and he is head of the country and has access to most of the knowledge. I have faith...