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Died. Margaret Sanger, 82, the U.S.'s first and foremost crusader for birth control; of arteriosclerosis; in Tucson, Ariz, (see MODERN LIVING...
...control, a phrase she herself invented, was unmentionable, immoral and illegal. It was a federal crime merely to send information about it through the mails. She was arrested eight times. Her zeal led to the breakup of her first marriage. Yet when she died last week of arteriosclerosis in Tucson at the age of 82, her vision had been realized beyond her dreams. Birth control, which to her meant the right of every woman to control the size of her own family, had become accepted in the U.S., and was spreading rapidly throughout the world...
Died. Robert F. Allen, 29, Tucson insurance salesman who two months ago participated in a daring operation aimed at arresting his bone cancer by swapping diseased tissue with another bone cancer victim, Pennsylvania Salesman Harry T. Griffith; in Tucson, Ariz., two weeks after Griffith succumbed...
Died. Harry T. Griffith, 63, Pennsylvania sales engineer who suffered from bone cancer and, in hopes of stimulating disease-stopping antibodies, took part in a dramatic double-transplant operation (TIME, March 11) in which he traded tumorous tissue with a Tucson insur ance salesman afflicted with the same malignancy; of bone cancer with complications; in Philadelphia...
...profits from leasing and selling drilling equipment, and from selling Hughes helicopters. California-based Hughes Aircraft Co. is a $300 million electronics firm that makes the Falcon missile and fire-control and electronic systems for fighter planes. On top of his TWA holdings, Hughes owns real estate in Phoenix, Tucson, and Culver City, Calif., that is worth an estimated $250 million...