Monday, Mar. 12, 1956

Married. Pacharabul Pibulsonggram, 22, daughter of Thailand's Prime Minister P. Pibulsonggram; and U.S. Navy Lieut, (j.g.) Ralph Perrotta, 22; at Quonset Point Naval Air Station, R.I.

Divorced. Johnston Murray, 53, onetime (1950-54) Governor of Oklahoma, son of gallus-snapping, tobacco-chawing ex-Governor "Alfalfa Bill" Murray; by Willie Roberta Murray, 47; in Oklahoma City.

Died. Robert Mitchell Lindner, 41, topnotch psychologist, author of the case study Rebel Without a Cause, which was adapted last year by Warner Bros, for a film of the same title; of a congenital heart condition; in Baltimore.

Died. Gustave Stubbs Lobrano, 53, who as The New Yorker magazine's managing editor for fiction since 1941 did much to set the tone and style of the plotless "New Yorker story"; following an operation; in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Died. Harley Martin Kilgore, 63, senior Democratic Senator from West Virginia, chairman since last year of the Senate Judiciary Committee; of a brain hemorrhage; in Bethesda, Md. A workhorse New and Fair Dealer, Kilgore sponsored measures favoring tighter monopoly controls, more social security coverage, looser immigration laws, was the only Senator from his state to be elected to three consecutive terms.

Died. Elsie Janis (real name: Bierbower), 65, bright star of Broadway and the London music halls during World War I and the early '20s, first big-name American entertainer to perform for U.S. troops in France ("The Sweetheart of the A.E.F."), oldtime cinemactress (A Regular Girl), author (So Far, So Good; Love Letters of an Actress); following surgery for perforated ulcers; in Beverly Hills Calif.

Died. Elpidio Quirino, 65, President of the Philippines (1948-54); of a heart attack; in a suburb of Manila.

Died. Fred Merkle, 67, oldtime New York Giants first-baseman famed for a pennant-losing blooper in 1908 (see SPORT); in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Died. Eugenio Zolli, 74, onetime (1940-45) Chief Rabbi of Rome, who became a Roman Catholic after World War II, changed his first name from Israel to Eugenio as a gesture of gratitude to Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) for his sympathetic attitude toward the Jews during the Nazi and Fascist persecutions; in Rome.

Died. Samuel Fickel, 81, oldtime editor of the Anti-Saloon League's official publication, The American Issue; of pneumonia; in dry Westerville, Ohio.

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