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...Died. Powel Crosley, Jr., 74, owner of baseball's Cincinnati Reds, manufacturer of low-cost radios and refrigerators and of the midget Crosley auto, a 30-h.p., $800 precursor of the compacts; of a heart attack; in Cincinnati. A onetime chauffeur and telephone repairman who developed the $22 million Crosley Corp., he moved from venture to venture, never earning more than $20 a week until he hit 30. "If I've batted .300, that's lucky," said Crosley, who batted considerably less with his ball club, saw it win but two pennants, finish in the second division...
Divorced. Powel Crosley Jr., 73, longtime manufacturer of low-priced radios, refrigerators and autos, president of the Cincinnati Reds since 1934; by Charlotte Kay Wilson Crosley, 38, his fourth wife; after almost four years of marriage, no children; in Cincinnati...
...memorial service for Samuel Powel III, late of the Class of 1961, will be held this Sunday at 10:45 a.m. at the St. George's School Chapel, Middletown, in Newport, R.I. Friends of Powel are invited to attend...
...Powel was killed in an automobile accident on December 17, 1958, returning from Harvard to his home in Elgin, Ill. An honorary scholarship recipient, he had just been elected to the Lampoon...
...Samuel Powel III '61, of Rockford, Illinois, was killed in an auto accident while driving home for Christmas vacation Wednesday night. Driving alone, Powel apparently fell asleep at the wheel and ran into the back of a truck...