Forms billion-dollar bank by merger with Mechanics and Metals Natl Bank; A H Wiggin, who will be Chmn of Directors of consolidated bank, issues a statement; Directors; careers of 3 men who will hold executive positions

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1926Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (died 2014)^[†]

Rolf Brem was a Swiss sculptor, illustrator and graphic artist. He worked in Meggen close to Lake Lucerne.

1926Joe Garagiola, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 2016)^[†]

Joseph Henry Garagiola Sr. was an American professional baseball catcher, and later a radio and television personality with a varied career.

1926Charles Van Doren, American academic (died 2019)^[†]

Charles Lincoln Van Doren was an American writer and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s. In 1959 he testified before the United States Congress that he had been given the correct answers by the producers of the NBC quiz show Twenty-One. Terminated by NBC, he joined Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. in 1959, becoming a vice-president and writing and editing many books before retiring in 1982.

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Texas Capitol to Be Closed First Time to Honor Lincoln

COUNTESS EXCLUDED; TO APPEAL TO DAVIS; Ellis Island Board Hears Earl Cathcart's Ex-Wife an Hour, Then Orders Deportation. FRIENDS RUSH TO CAPITAL Curran Says Countess Admitted Crime Which Involves Moral Turpitude. COUNTESS EXCLUDED; TO APPEAL TO DAVIS

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