India's Prime Minister Nehru Dies Mrs. White Flies to Denmark
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The died today after suffering his second stroke in less strong-willed prime minister held the reins of pow- His only child, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, was with than five months. er firmly and adamantly refused to designate a him when he died. A large team of doctors wis in successor. He was 74. attendance. The U.S.' Embassy offered its medical A leading candidate has been 59-year-old Lai staff and equipment, but an Embassy spokesman "The prime minister is no more," Steel Min- Bahadur Shastri, a mild-mannered, 5-foot-2 vet- said the Indian government did not request ister C. Subramaniam told the sobbing parliament. eran of the ruling all-India Congress Party and a assistance. "Life is out The light is out" close friend of Nehru. After Nehru's first stroke, Nehru was stricken at 6:25 a.m. as he arose at Nehru's two sisters, Mrs. Vijayalakshmi he summoned Shastri, made him a cabinet min- his usual hour. He died at 2 p.m. (4:30 a.m. EDT), Pandit and Mrs. Krishna Hutheesingh, left Bombay ister without portfolio and put him in charge. seven hours and 35 minutes later. A stroke on by special plane for New Delhi. (See NEHRU, Page 3) Mrs. White Flies to Denmark By WILLIAM HENDERSON She regained her composure White said. When her husband, but I think I'll be too excited and Copenhagen at the time the bal- will also remain for awhile." RED BANK — This borough and talked to this reporter, brief- Arthur J. White, took off en route upset to eat much dinner." lots are being counted at the She said someone would always and the rest of the state lost- ly. to Denmark via London, he wore The ambassador designate Democratic national presidential be in the home. perhaps for a long time—an out- Busy All Day a dark business suit, fedora and stated she would vote, one way convention opening in Atlantic For the last time, we popped standing citizen yesterday when "I've kept busy at home all carried an umbrella. or the other, in the Itovember City Aug. 24. the two in one question: "Have Mrs. Katharine Elkus White flew day so as not to think too much No Thought of Dinner presidential election. \ y "It will be the first one I've you sent Governor Hughes your to Denmark to take over her du- about this moment because I As she talked about the drastic "I may try and make a quick missed since 1936," she said. That resignation from the highway au- ties as ambassador. can't describe how much I'll miss change in the way of life she trip back for that. If not, of was the year President Franklin thority and have you given up Mrs. White, acting like any or- my son, Lawrence, and my faces, Mrs. White kept fondling course, I'll use the absentee bal- D. Roosevelt gave Republican any of your political jobs?" dinary American woman instead three grandchildren," she said. her grandchildren, Clifford, 7, lot." Alf Landon of Kansas such a Her answer: "There is no hur- of an ambassador-designate who Changing the subject, we re- Kathy, 4, and Brian, 2. "I feel And what do you think are the beating. ry to do any of those things. Be- is supposed to be stately; and un- marked that she looked' nice in better about Brian today," she chances of President Johnson be- Roosevelt Campaigner sides, the governor hasn't asked NEHRU OF INDIA DIES — Prim* Minister Jawaharlal ruffled, allowed her emotions to her ensemble: "It's a worsted declared. ing elected to his first full term Mrs. White, then 30, campaigned me to resign, yet. However, I in the White House? Nehru of India died today in his homo in New Delhi after get the best of her. brown suit I bought in Portugal Brian squashed his hand when for Roosevelt that year and made may send him my resignation She sobbed on the shoulders of on my last trip abroad, "\but I a folding chair collapsed Monday 'Humble, Gracious' one speech at a gathering in Sea from Denmark." Differing his second stroke in five months. The 74-year- her long-time secretary, Mrs. Lil- got the hat in New York," she and Mrs. White and her daugh- "You never can tell what will Girt. old statesman is shown on Jan. 12 of this year, six days lian Murray of Fair Haven, and remarked. ter-in-law rushed him to River- happen in politics, but every sign Discussing her Immediate While chatting with Mrs. White, a two-motored plane landed, tax- after he suffered a mild stroke. He had led India since then wept openly when the pilot The ambassador • designate view Hospital. He was at the air- points to a Johnson victory in staff, Mrs. White declared: "Mrs. said: Mrs. White, your plane is wore the brown and gray hat at port yesterday with his brother the fall," added the honored wom- Murray will stay on at my Red ied near the waiting room and it won its independence from Britain.in 1947. ready."....-' a jaunty angle, which made her and sister. an who said she felt "very hum- Bank home for the next month, blew up a dust storm amidst the more becoming. "Will you have dinner at Ken- ble and gracious" for being ap- then on a once-a-week schedule. gasoline fumes. "And didn't my husband look nedy Airport?" was the next pointed to the post in Denmark. She has been with me 10 years. "Get inside quickly," Mrs. Danes Oifer so much like a diplomat himself question. The answer came: "No, Mrs. White will be entertaining Mrs. Tina Cole, who has been White said. Mrs. Murray'i hair When he left Monday," Mrs. food will be served on the plane, in her official residence outside my housekeepr for seven years, (See MRS. WHITE, Page 2) Welcome To Ambassador Raritan Demos Back in One Fold Special to The Register By FRANK W. HARBOUR Committeeman Francis X. Up to- the moment, Mr. DeVir finally admitted the damage done Democratic Committeemen Mar- UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. - Shields yesterday broke a two- iglio has refused. to party machinery as a result J RARITAN TOWNSHIP - The vin Olinsky and James G. Brady Danes in New York said' yes five Democratic members of the month silence and told The Reg- 'For Unity* of factionalism since the last split with Mayor Philip J. Blan- terday the new U.S. ambassador Township Committee are all back ister he has decided to withdraw "If he stays in it, he will pull election, will continue to put the da, Jr., and Mr, Olinsky an- to Denmark, Mrs. Katharine El- all support from Independent a good many Democratic votes pressure on DeVirgilio to get out in the same political pea patch. nounced that he would attempt kus White, would get ''a tre- Township Committee • candidate «nd_.eyen a sizable number of of the race. to take the mayor's chair Jan. 1. ' mendous welcome" there. How long it will last Is any- Joseph DeVirgilio and /bade the Republican votes," Mr. Shield one's guess. :;i. regular Democratic tidtet. ' Thft executive committee' is Censure Some of them said they had said, "but I think there is a good more 'concerned about' the The executive committee cen- Ana «yw. wlf?"«fte five p Mr. Shields has asked Mr. De- chance he will withdraw, for the chances of a GOP win in No met Mrs. White, former mayor sake of party unity." sured the two men, and Olinsky of-Red Bank, N.J., and recog- on the same team, party unity Virglllo to withdraw from the vember than, it has been since and Brady replied with a scath- is still not a reality. race. Democratic officials, who have nized her as''an important politi- 186I»< when Democrats wrested ing statement accusing the com- cal figure in the United States." control from the former Republi- mitee of "typical high-banded They said Denmark already can administration. ' boss-like tactics." had got along well with two wo- Party woes started the day aftr To top it off, the two officials men ambassadors from the U.S. Broad St. Office Bidding er the November election when ' (See TICKET, Page 2) — Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde and Mrs. Eugenie Anderson. DENMARK BOUND — Mrs. KfrfrariiM Elkus White wave* One said any U.S. ambassador at she boards Pan American plane at Kennedy' Inter- Permit Asked of Planners to "vital to Denmark." national Airport for flight to London and Copenhagen, The general feeling in Den- RED BANK - Jack Lowe of Plans for the three-level, 39 by by the Planning Board, Zoning mark, he said, "is that we can- where she is to take over a> ambassador to Denmark.