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Died. Brigadier General Clinton Dermott ("Casey") Vincent, 40, operations officer of the Continental Air Defense Command, World War II ace (16 Jap planes), and winner of the Silver Star and D.F.C. for his exploits as General Claire Chennault's operations officer and deputy chief of staff in the China-Burma-India theater; in Colorado Springs. West Pointer Vincent was the prototype of "Vince Casey" in Milton Caniff's comic strip Terry and the Pirates, became (at 29) one of the youngest general officers in Army history...
...pretty handy at woodworking. From early morning until cocktail time, in fact, the twelve scarcely had a moment's idleness. They took trips to the U.N., attended the experimental theater at nearby Vassar College, spent the evenings reading aloud from Lord Dunsany, Thornton Wilder and Edna St. Vincent Millay. One man's blood pressure dropped 30 points; one woman's stomach disorder disappeared...
...very bright, but Author Finletter is both bright and fashionable. She has written a scattering of plays, and a book of memoirs. Once, for a charity show, she wrote a play called A Night in the Palace of Prince Esterhazy, with a cast that included Grace Moore, Mrs. Vincent Astor, Mrs. Angier Biddle Duke, Cecil Beaton, Prince Serge Obolensky. and Papa Damrosch himself...
Chosen on the Class Day Committee were James G. Douglas, Jr., William Wetmore, Josiah Potter, Foster S. Davis, Vincent L. Hennessy, Charles B. Lakin, and James L. Ware. John Cross was the Class Secretary...
...Vincent du Vigneaud, professor and chairman of the department of biochemistry of the Cornell University Medical College . . . Sc.D...