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DIED. John Cowles, 84, scion of a newspaper dynasty who left his father's fiefdom in Des Moines to buy a Minneapolis afternoon paper in 1935, eventually swallowed three competitors, then reached out to create a Midwestern journalistic empire while making his Minneapolis morning flagship, the Tribune, into one of the country's most respected newspapers; of a heart attack; in Minneapolis. After he retired in 1968, the Minneapolis Star & Tribune Co. began a long decline, as a result of which Cowles' son John Jr. was ousted from its leadership four weeks...
...national media have eagerly fed upon this reputation, providing Helms with the awed coverage that inflates a politician's ego and image. But the fearsome scion of the New Right has actually proved a far less effective legislator than is commonly assumed. More prudent colleagues from both sides of the aisles have so far blocked his crusade to mold the constitution to his vision of a God-fearing country. His initiative on prayer and abortion have faltered, and the sweeping anti-busing bill he pushed through the Senate has not received a friendly welcome in the House...
Lehrman didn't inspire much awe a few months ago. Perhaps second only to Koch himself, Lehrman has the physical air of chicken man Frank Perdue gone Ivy League. Scion of a wealthy family, Lehrman seemed a poor little rich boy with the improbable trademark of a pair of red suspenders--hardly a marketing package designed to sell well in most parts of the state...
DIED. Siegmund Warburg, 80, energetic German-born banker who startled the closed-door world of London merchant banking with his unorthodox innovations; in London. The cultured scion of a centuries-old Jewish financial dynasty, Warburg fled Nazi Germany for London in 1934. In 1939 he founded his own trading company and in 1946 his own bank. Combining Teutonic discipline with new ideas, he managed the first U.S. corporate-bond issue in Europe and masterminded Tube Investments' and Reynolds Metals' takeover of British Aluminium...
...that we can blame him for trying While Charles and Diana reinvented parenthood to the delight of millions back home, the middle scion of the House of Windsor was shivering in the Falklands, living proof (supposedly) that royalty really can be useful in a pinch. The local tabloids weren't being particularly attentive either. Although the British turned out in the thousands to welcome home the Carrier Invincible (Andrew's station), the press has lavished considerably more attention on the newest member of the royal family, little William. And the handsome Andrew, who enjoys dropping in unexpectedly at racy London...