Word: strokes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Richard D. Chapman, 67, the Ben Hogan of amateur golf; of a stroke; in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. The affluent Chapman studied his hobby as if it were his profession, qualified to play in 19 Masters tournaments and, among other victories over his three-decade career, captured the U.S. and British national championships...
...Brother James Madden strides heavily through the dimly lit corridor, banging on the door of each cell, intoning, "Let us bless the Lord." Having thus been rescued from a host of bad dreams, you arise and in complete silence take your place in the chapel, prepared at the stroke of 7 to begin celebrating the mass. It will be an awe-inspiring performance...
DIED. W. Eugene Smith, 59, renowned photojournalist whose work strongly reflected his own compassionate nature; after falling and striking his head while recovering from a stroke; in Tucson, Ariz. A native Kansan who began his career at age 14 on Wichita's newspapers, Smith was critically injured on Okinawa in 1944 while on wartime assignment for LIFE magazine. After 32 operations and two years of convalescence, Smith returned to work on a series of memorable LIFE photo essays, including "Country Doctor," "Spanish Village" and "Nurse-Midwife." In 1971 Smith moved to the Japanese fishing village of Minamata to begin...
DIED. Willard F. Rockwell, 90, honorary chairman of Rockwell International Corp.; of a stroke; in Pittsburgh. An engineer and inventor, Rockwell strung together a chain of companies, specializing in auto parts, from the 1920s through the 1950s. He gradually turned the business over to his son, who merged Rockwell-Standard with North American Aviation in 1967 and six years later assembled his companies into the current conglomerate...
Sunday in the Head of the Charles, mixed eights were brought into the Cambridge rowing scene for the first time. And the women did indeed row every single stroke the men did. It wasn't row one, take a rest, row one, take a rest, or anything like that. Every time their Harvard colleagues plunged the blade into the murky Charles and jerked it as hard as they were able throught the water, the women did the same...