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...weeds, William Randolph Hearst's widow, almost a stranger to him for his last 29 years, walked slowly around the casket. As the family and friends departed, the curious lingered, plucked souvenirs from the hundreds of wreaths...
Married. John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., 77, philanthropist; and Martha Baird Allen, 56, former concert pianist, widow of one of Rockefeller's Brown University classmates; he for the second time, she for the third; in Providence...
Soon after Hake was hustled away, Kemritz himself moved to safer territory in West Germany. Hake's vengeful widow trailed him. Eventually she sued Kemritz in West Berlin court, accused him of causing her husband's death, and won damages of 11,640 marks ($2,770) plus a $70 monthly allowance. At this point, U.S. occupation authorities stepped in, ruled that the German courts had no jurisdiction in the matter. Besides, Kemritz had performed "valuable services...
...lawyer this week: "As will be shown by his last will and testament when it is filed for probate, he leaves the bulk of his estate for the benefit of his fellow Americans-for charitable, religious, educational, literary, scientific and public purposes." Other probable beneficiaries: his five sons; his widow, Mrs. Millicent Hearst of Manhattan, who never divorced W.R. though they were estranged for the last 29 years of his life...
...each other. In his day - the 7th Century A.D. - Mecca was the main transfer point between southern Arabia and Syria. Mohammed, an or phan member of a major Meccan clan, entered the city's chief industry, cross-desert transport, and did well. He married his boss, Khadija, a widow some years older than he. He was devoted to her as long as she lived, and she was his first convert when he began going out into the desert and coming back with strange ideas about religion. The caravans to Mecca brought many tribes with many gods, and Mecca welcomed...