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JAMES B. STEWART U.S. Ambassador (ret.) Denver...
...Distant kin of General (ret.) Lucius D. Clay...
Thurs., Oct. 9 Behind Closed Doors (NBC, 9-9:30 p.m.). Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias, U.S.N. (ret.), deputy chief of Naval Intelligence during World War II, masterminds this reasonably authentic slant on American counterespionage...
...Army friends. (There is a dispute about whether the "Slick" came from the stuff he put on his hair or from the smooth way he handled Congressmen as an Army legislative liaison man.) Where Adams was President Eisenhower's closest professional colleague, Major General Wilton Persons, U.S.A. (ret.), is one of General Dwight Eisenhower's oldest, best friends...
Died. Lieut. General John C. H. Lee, U.S.A. (ret.), 71, General Eisenhower's chief supply officer in the European Theater of Operations during World War II, who implemented the fabulous air and sea operation that kept U.S. troops on the Continent supplied with food and the material of war; of a coronary occlusion; in York, Pa. After the war, hard-driving "Courthouse" Lee commanded the Mediterranean Theater from headquarters in Italy, survived loud accusations in the press that he abused his authority by inflating rank's privileges. Following his retirement in 1947, Lee became active among the laity...