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Died. Guy Bridges Kibbee, 70, bottle-bald comedian of stage (Torch Song) and screen (Babbitt, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), best known to moviegoers for his "Scattergood Baines" series and early Shirley Temple films; of Parkinson's disease; in East Islip...
...about the time that it takes a feature story to move over a press association's wire, the ghostly, ghastly pox spread. It appeared in Seattle, in Yakima and in Spokane. It flashed up to Winnipeg, down to Amarillo, across to Milwaukee and all the way to West Islip...
...Central Islip...
Visiting Firemen. In Syracuse, N.Y., John F. Blomberg and William S. Klinke of Central Islip, N.Y., delegates to the State Volunteer Firemen's Association convention, pleaded guilty to a charge of turning in a false fire alarm...
Died. Charles Lanier Lawrance, 67, pioneering designer of air-cooled airplane engines, including the 200 h.p. Wright Whirlwind that powered Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis; of a heart ailment; in East Islip, N.Y. Taking little credit for his achievements, Lawrance once modestly asked: "Who ever heard the name of Paul Revere's horse...