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Died. Goodwin J. Knight, 73, Republican Governor of California from 1953 to 1958, and power in state politics; of pneumonia; in Inglewood, Calif. An energetic campaigner, "Goodie" Knight served two terms as Earl Warren's Lieutenant Governor, then succeeded him in office and made his own mark with the voters, winning by a landslide in 1954. Long at odds with the state's conservative wing, Knight blamed Richard Nixon for his defeat in the 1958 senatorial election, and in 1962 made it an open fight in the gubernatorial primary−which went to Nixon...
Marketing Knowledge. King was born in the small town of Wheaton, Ill. Attacks of asthma and recurring pneumonia eventually forced him to drop out of college, but did not slow King's drive. A brief stint as an office boy for Harold Stassen brought an interest in politics, and King quickly became national chairman of the Young Republicans college clubs. At 23, he was elected to the Illinois house of representatives; he served three terms. A small investment led him into oil development. Meanwhile, King married Carylyn Becker, whose father was chief executive of Franklin Life Insurance...
Several are reported to be suffering from hepatitis and pneumonia. "We sure could use some doctors around here," one said...
Died. George H. Soule, 82, liberal economist, prolific author and longtime editor (1924-1947) of the New Republic; of pneumonia; in Warren, Conn. A socialist in the Norman Thomas style, Soule followed Founder Herbert Croly's guideline "to start little insurrections in the realm of the readers' convictions." The effort involved attacking U.S.-style capitalism and urging nationalization of industry by democratic means. Soule carried on the campaign in his books on economics-Coming American Revolution (1934), Prosperity Decade (1947)-arguing for "any new revolution that may be justified by the interest and reason of the common...
Died. Lieut. Colonel Frederick Gerard Peake, 83, British officer who founded the Arab Legion in Transjordan; of pneumonia; in Kelso, Scotland Peake got his desert experience under the famed Lawrence of Arabia in World War I, was then given his own command as inspector general of gendarmerie in Transjordan in 1921. The 1,200-man legion he organized ranged 'over 34,000 sq. mi. of mountainous desert policing some 300,000 people and proved to be the most efficient military force in the entire Arab world...