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Died. William Francis Dietrich, 65, plucky rear admiral (ret.) who, as captain of the cargo ship U.S.S. Bellatrix, won the Navy Cross by repeatedly defying Japanese air attack to carry supplies to the besieged marines at Guadalcanal; of pneumonia; in Bethesda...
General Alfred M. Gruenther (ret.). logistician, president, American Red .....................................................................................................Cross L.H.D...
Arthur Radford, 63, four-star admiral (ret.), former chairman (1953-57) of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and one of the finest U.S. military minds, was recalled temporarily as a special Pentagon consultant to help pinch-hit for J.C.S. Chairman Nate Twining, who will be out at least another five weeks while recovering from lung-cancer surgery...
Claire Chennault died last year of cancer, Lieut. General U.S.A.F. (ret.). Before that, says this biographer, his persistent ailment had for years been nothing more deadly than a heavy heart. Author Robert Lee Scott Jr. ought to know. He flew in China with Chennault's legendary Flying Tigers, then commanded Chennault's fighter forces in what must have been one of the most gallant and frustrating wars ever fought. Flying Tiger an angry book, is almost as important for what it tells of its villains as it is for the love it accords to its hero. Yet, ironically...
...Budget Director; American Red Cross President Alfred M. Gruenther, onetime Supreme Allied Commander in Europe; Washington Lawyer Marx Leva, onetime Assistant Secretary of Defense; New York Banker John J. McCloy, onetime High Commissioner in Germany; Dallas Businessman George C. McGhee, onetime Assistant Secretary of State; General Joseph T. McNarney (ret.), onetime Commander of U.S. forces in Europe; Admiral Arthur W. Radford (ret.), onetime Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman; Oklahoma Oilman James E. Webb, onetime Under Secretary of State, onetime Budget Director...