Milestones: Jun. 1, 1970

Died. Louis Shonceit, 69, owner of Mackey's Inc., one of Broadway's biggest ticket brokers, who peddled 200,000 seats a year to a clientele that ran the gamut, Shonceit liked to say, from George Abbot to Darryl Zanuck; after a long illness following a stroke in 1965; in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

Died. Goodwin J. Knight, 73, Republican Governor of California from 1953 to 1958, and power in state politics; of pneumonia; in Inglewood, Calif. An energetic campaigner, "Goodie" Knight served two terms as Earl Warren's Lieutenant Governor, then succeeded him in office and...

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