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DIED. CLARK MACGREGOR, 80, moderate G.O.P. Congressman from Minnesota turned Nixon aide; in Pompano Beach, Fla. As chairman of the Committee to Re-Elect the President just after the Watergate break-in, he oversaw the strategy that led to Nixon's landslide victory over George McGovern in 1972. Never implicated in Watergate, MacGregor later said he had been "misled, deceived ...and lied to repeatedly." After the scandal, he left politics for good...
DIED. RILEY HOUSEWRIGHT, 89, microbiologist who helped direct federal research in biological warfare; in Frederick, Md. As scientific director of the U.S. Army Biological Laboratories at Fort Detrick, Md., for 14 years, Housewright oversaw the development of anthrax spores, botulinum toxin and viruses such as encephalitis and yellow fever, with the intent of using them against U.S. enemies. The lab closed in 1970 when President Richard Nixon banned offensive biological weapons...
...Working with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Jaisalmer in Jeopardy oversaw the restoration of the Har-Raj-Ji-ka-Mahal and instigated a series of cleanup projects that sanitized the fort's alleyways. But many other buildings, including the fort walls themselves, are in urgent need of repair. Reining in overenthusiastic developers is another major challenge, says Carpenter: "We're trying to overcome the thirst for opening yet another hotel, building another concrete extension, installing more showers...
...over the news as one ocean liner after another limps into port with passengers complaining of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and cramping. The CDC, which gets called in whenever more than 2% of a vessel's passengers come down with the same disease, identified Norwalk as the infectious agent and oversaw thorough ship scrubbings--which, to the dismay of the owners of the cruise lines, haven't made the problem go away...
...been secretive and worse about his health. While preparing his 1993 book President Kennedy: Profile of Power, Richard Reeves requested access to J.F.K.'s medical records but was refused. He did succeed in interviewing the surgeons who performed the 1954 back operation, as well as Dr. Hans Kraus, who oversaw J.F.K.'s physical therapy in the last months of his presidency. "All of them told me they were asked to destroy certain records," says Reeves. "And they...