Milestones, Feb. 19, 1973

Died. Max Yasgur, 53, upstate New York dairy farmer who, when original plans for a 1969 weekend rock concert went awry because of local regulations, became the patron saint of the counterculture when he opened his 600-acre farm to more than 300,000 uninhibited, youthful celebrators of the Woodstock festival; of an apparent heart attack; in Marathon, Fla.

Died. Joseph Ehrenreich, 65, promotion-wise president of Ehrenreich Photo-Optical Industries, Inc., whose 1954 trade agreement with the Japanese firm of Nippon Kogaku established Ehrenreich as the sole U.S. importer of 35-mm. Nikon cameras (now $43 million in U.S. sales) and helped open the American market...

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