Died. Mohammed V, 51, King of Morocco; following nasal surgery; in Rabat (see FOREIGN NEWS).
Died. Victoria Geaney, 69, for 19 years the hostess, manager and permanent resident of Blair House, the presidential guesthouse for visiting firechiefs; of a heart attack; in Blair House.
Died. Vice Admiral Aaron Stanton ("Tip") Merrill, 70, who gleefully asked, "What's the bag limit this year?" after his Pacific task force sank two Japanese cruisers in 1943 in the first battle use of ocean-going radar, outspokenly opposed armed forces unification in 1946, retired from the Navy in 1947 and became president of Mississippi's Jefferson Military College; of cancer;...
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