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...governor of Guam and Republican Congressman from California (1947-49), winner of the Medal of Honor in 1917 for heroism during an ammunition explosion aboard the cruiser Pittsburgh (he rescued a sailor, then put out a fire that had almost reached other explosives); of a heart ailment; in Santa Barbara, Calif...
Cinemactor Franchot Tone, 49, whose Phi Beta Kappa key failed to ward off the rude fisticuffs of husky Cinemug Tom Neal in their brawl over the fickle favors of Cineminx Barbara Payton three years ago, settled out of court with Lloyds of London, accepted $17,500 insurance for his clobbering. In reply to Tone's original $63,666,66 suit, Lloyds claimed, in effect, that he had displayed indiscreet valor by provoking Neal, then by sticking his hitherto unmarred face in the way of Big Tom's flying knuckles...
...BARBARA B. JOHNSON Portland...
...once been members of the Communist Party, neither would play informer against others who might have been members too. ¶ Appointment of the week: Clark George Kuebler, 46, president of Ripon College, Wis., to succeed J. Harold Williams as second provost of the University of California's Santa Barbara College. A former assistant professor of classics at Northwestern University, Kuebler took over Ripon when only 35. In the eleven years since, he has upped enrollments from 160 to 600. boosted his endowment from $750,000 to more than $3,000,000, strengthened the quality of his faculty by appointing...
...sunny morning in Reno, Barbara Jievute Paulekiute Sears ("Bo-bo") Rockefeller, excitedly chomping gum and convoyed by nine lawyers (only seven hers), two bankers and a pressagent, walked into a judge's chambers. Fourteen minutes later, she emerged as a new proof of an American dream story. After six years of marriage (her second), nearly five of separation, sporadic salvos of parting shots, Bobo, blonde, 37, was no longer the wife of Winthrop Rockefeller, 42. Her record settlement jackpot: $2,000,000 in cash, $3,500,000 in trust funds for herself and little Winnie, 5. One of Rockefeller...