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Died. Sir Francis Chichester, 70, adventurous yachtsman whose 1966-67 solo voyage round the world in the ketch Gipsy Moth IV won him international fame; of anemia caused by a malignant spinal tumor; in Plymouth, England. Though he became the archetype of the master seaman, Chichester set the world's record for the longest solo flight in a seaplane in 1931. He bought his first yacht in 1953 and in 1960 won the first transatlantic solo yacht race. After his historic trip round the world, the first made with just one landfall, Chichester was given a hero...
...just this kind of protest which the Republicans avoided and, when necessary, counteracted like a malignant tumor. Their trump card was the 3000 Young Voters for the President (YVPs), who were invited to Miami Beach at their own expense to provide a roving cheering section for the Republican cause. These "representative youths" dressed right, smiled a lot, concocted homemade campaign placards, spoke to the media whenever possible, and practiced cuing in Convention Hall. A mimeographed directive instructed the YVPs to cheer whenever youth was mentioned, whenever victory in November was mentioned, whenever victory in November was mentioned, whenever the President...
...London, written from his bed at the Royal Naval Hospital in Plymouth, Sir Francis explained: "After returning from my round-the-world trip in 1967, an illness developed and in due course it was discovered that I had a malignant growth near the base of my spine. The tumor spread to involve my spine and later other bones. With the help of appropriate treatment I have been fighting this trouble, and on the whole it has been a successful fight-because it did not prevent me from building a new yacht and improving the singlehanded-long-distance world speed record...
Died. George Maxwell Bell, 59, Calgary oil financier and chairman of P.P. Publications Ltd., Canada's largest newspaper chain; following surgery for a brain tumor; in Montreal. Bell bailed out his father's debt-ridden Calgary Albertan by borrowing from friends, then went on to build a multimillion dollar fortune through shrewd oil investments and by picking up other newspaper properties. In 1959, he and Winnipeg Free Press Publisher Victor Sifton joined forces to form the nine-paper P.P. chain. "The good Lord put me in the right place at the right time with the right friends...
Died. Aline Saarinen, 58, art critic, newswoman and widow of Architect Eero Saarinen; from a brain tumor; in Manhattan. A former managing editor of Art News, Saarinen began her television career eight years ago as a correspondent on NBC's Today show. Handsome and gay, acerbic and outspoken, she was a refreshing commentator on a wide range of subjects on her own TV talk show, For Women Only, before NBC sent her to Paris in 1971 as the first woman bureau chief in television history...