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Wilton Wendell Blancké (1908-1971) —
also known as W. Wendell Blancké —
of California; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., June 29,
1908.
Advertising executive; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in
Hanoi, as of 1950; U.S. Consul General in Frankfort, 1957-60; U.S. Ambassador to Congo (Brazzaville), 1960-63; Central African Republic, 1960; Chad, 1960-61; Gabon, 1960-61.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Died, following a stroke,
in Washington,
D.C., March
14, 1971 (age 62 years, 258
days).
Interment at Rock
Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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James L. Cole —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Public relations consultant; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1950.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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John Anson Ford (1883-1983) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
reporter; advertising business; chair of
Los Angeles County Democratic Party, 1937-38; candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1937; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from California, 1940,
1948,
1952,
1956;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1940; candidate for Presidential Elector
for California.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in 1983
(age about 100
years).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Forest
Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Calif.
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Relatives:
Married to Lois Goldsmith. |
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Humanitarian." |
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memorial |
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Eric Hass (1905-1980) —
of Oregon; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Lincoln, Lancaster
County, Neb., 1905.
Socialist. Advertising business; Socialist Labor candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Oregon, 1936; editor
of The Weekly People, 1938-68; Industrial Government candidate
for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1944; candidate for mayor
of New York City, N.Y., 1949 (Industrial Government), 1957
(Socialist Labor), 1961 (Socialist Labor), 1965 (Socialist Labor);
candidate for Governor of
New York, 1950 (Industrial Government), 1958 (Socialist Labor),
1962 (Socialist Labor); Socialist Labor candidate for President
of the United States, 1952, 1956, 1960, 1964; librarian.
German
and Danish
ancestry.
Resigned or expelled from the Socialist Labor Party, 1969.
Died, from a heart
attack, in Community Hospital,
Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., October
2, 1980 (age about 75
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Image source:
The Daily Tar Heel (Chapel Hill, N.C.), April 14,
1948 |
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Joseph Franklin Holt III (1924-1997) —
also known as Joseph F. Holt; Joe Holt —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Encino, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; Van Nuys, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Springfield, Hampden
County, Mass., July 6,
1924.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; insurance
business; public relations business; delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1948,
1956;
speaker, 1952;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; U.S.
Representative from California 22nd District, 1953-61.
Died in Santa Maria, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., July 14,
1997 (age 73 years, 8
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Mahlon Fay Perkins (b. 1882) —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in North Adams, Berkshire
County, Mass., November
23, 1882.
Advertising business; school
teacher; U.S. Vice & Deputy Consul in Chefoo, 1911-12; U.S. Vice Consul in Shanghai, 1915-17; U.S. Consul in Changsha, 1917-20; Tientsin, as of 1926-27.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lewis Perkins and Belle Louise (Benton) Perkins; married 1916 to Fanny
Earp Gooden. |
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Harry E. Reynolds (b. 1903) —
of San Bernardino, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., August
13, 1903.
Democrat. Advertising business; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from California, 1944,
1948;
chair
of San Bernardino County Democratic Party, 1946; member of California
Democratic State Central Committee, 1946-50; candidate for
Presidential Elector for California.
Member, Native
Sons of the Golden West; Eagles;
Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
Templar.
Burial location unknown.
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John Harbin Rousselot (1927-2003) —
also known as John H. Rousselot —
of San Gabriel, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; San Marino, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., November
1, 1927.
Republican. Insurance
agent; public relations consultant; alternate delegate to
Republican National Convention from California, 1956;
U.S.
Representative from California, 1961-63, 1970-83 (25th District
1961-63, 24th District 1970-75, 26th District 1975-83); defeated,
1982.
Member, John
Birch Society.
Died, of congestive
heart failure, in Irvine Medical
Center, Irvine, Orange
County, Calif., May 11,
2003 (age 75 years, 191
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leo R. Sack (1889-1956) —
of Pennsylvania; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Tupelo, Lee
County, Miss., July 9,
1889.
Democrat. Major in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
reporter; newspaper
editor; U.S. Minister to Costa Rica, 1933-37; public relations business.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a kidney
ailment, in Cedars of Lebanon Hospital,
Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., April
15, 1956 (age 66 years, 281
days).
Burial location unknown.
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James A. Ware —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Republican. Public relations business; candidate for California
state senate 38th District, 1962; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 30th District, 1964; candidate
for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1965, 1973, 1981; candidate for U.S.
Senator from California, 1968, 1976, 1980; candidate for Governor of
California, 1974; candidate for California
state controller, 1978.
Still living as of 1981.
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Erik Patrick Wells (b. 1967) —
also known as Erik Wells —
of Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Santa Monica, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
5, 1967.
Democrat. Public relations consultant; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from West Virginia, 2004,
2008;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from West Virginia 2nd District, 2004; member of
West
Virginia state senate 8th District, 2007-.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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