Died. Joe Pyne, 45, radio and TV talk-show host who made an institution of the insult; of lung cancer; in Hollywood. A World War II Marine with a wooden leg and a chip on his shoulder, Pyne devoted his programs largely to hucksters and kooks, whom he ridiculed with such niceties as "Jerk," "Meathead," and "Go gargle with razor blades." He delighted in saying, "I'm not a nice guy, and I don't want to be." At his peak in 1966, Pyne's programs occupied 27 hours of air time each week, and earned him $200,000 a year.

Died. Martin Tananbaum, 54, textile magnate who developed Yonkers Raceway into one of the world's largest harness-racing tracks; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Tananbaum and two brothers bought Yonkers Raceway in 1956. As president, he added a clubhouse and pioneered new stakes races. Yonkers became the first harness track to handle more than $3,000,000 in one night (1962), and by 1969 the yearly handle was up from $140 million to $314 million, a world's record.

Died. Major General James Earl Rudder, U.S.A. (ret.), 59, head of the Texas A. & M. University System, and a hero of the Normandy invasion who organized and trained the Second Ranger Battalion, then led its costly (50% casualties) D-day assault on the 100-ft. cliffs at Pointe du Hoe; following complications from a stroke; in Houston.

Died. Oscar Johnson, 71, one of three founders of Shipstads and Johnson Ice Follies, the first traveling ice show in the U.S.; of cancer; in Rochester, Minn. As a young man, Johnson entertained Sunday crowds with his skating acrobatics, and later, with Roy and Eddie Shipstad, performed comedy routines at ice carnivals throughout the U.S. In 1936, they conceived the idea of a traveling ice show and the following year recruited a cast of 23, and opened the Ice Follies at Tulsa, Okla.

Died. Vice Admiral Ralph E. Jennings (ret.), 72, commander of the aircraft carrier Yorktown (the famed "Fighting Lady") in 1944; of cancer, in Manhattan. Jennings skippered the Yorktown through some of the Pacific-Theater's toughest sea battles, including the crucial campaign for the Marianas Islands and the offensive at Truk.

Died. Jesse M. Donaldson, 84, onetime $11-a-week letter carrier who became Postmaster General from 1947 to 1953; of a stroke; in Kansas City, Mo. The son of a rural postmaster, Donaldson served as a postal inspector, postal administrator, and First Assistant Postmaster General before becoming the first career man to head the department.

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