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Chestnut Lodge, a private mem
tai hospital at Rockville, Md.
He had left there for a day
at the farm with Mrs. Graham.
Mr.. Friendly said that Mrs.
Graham had been taking a
nap in a second-floor bedroom
when she heard the shot from
the first floor bathroom of the
house at about ! pm.
No Note Found
With two servants, she found
Mr.. Graham. who had collapsed
into the bathtub after the fatal
shot. The death weapon. used
for small bird shooting, had
held a single cartridge loaded
with birdshot.
Deputy Sheriff Cox said he
found no note.
The Grahams have four
children: Elizabeth, 90; Donald,
10; William, Is, and Stephen.
IL. Elizabeth, know as Lally,
was on q cruise in the Mediter-
ranean Sea with her grand
mother, Mrs. Eugene Meyer.
Their private yacht had sailed
from Athens Friday en- route
to Istanbul.
The Oldest son is a student
at Harvard and was working in
the Washington bureau Of The
New York Times for the sum-
mer. He did not go to the
family farm this week end.
The other boys are said to be
at summer camps, one in YER
mont and the other in Colo
RADIO.
In addition to the Virginia
farm estate, known as Glen
Welby, the Grahams own a
Georgetown home at 1920 r
street NV.
Mr.. Graham had served as
chairman and incorporation of
the Communications Satellite
Corp, established to set UP an
American space communica-
tons system. He resigned as
chairman last January, citing
his health as one of the reasons.
Developed News Sense
In February, according to q
subsequent report in the New
York Times, Mr.. Graham at
tempted to intervene as a
peacemaker in New York's ia
day newspaper strike but his
effort was declined.
Although he had no previous
newspaper experience when he
joined The Post, he soon came
to be regarded by staff men as
a newspaper executive with an
acute nose for the news.
His interests ranged from the
world of politics to the intrica-
cies of foreign affairs. His be-
hind-the-scenes activities were
equally varied. On occasion,
he quietly arranged for lesser
known but important visiting
foreigners to talk with Presi-
dent Kennedy or other high
ranking American officials
whom they would not have met
otherwise.
Mr.. Graham's lively interest
in world affairs prompted
many trips to Europe and
strengthened his conviction of
the need for European integra-
ton and strengthening of the
Atlantic Alliance.
After one Of his trips abroad,
he wrote a series of vignettes
about his travels. He recount
ed a Graham family triumph"
when "our 10-year-old son was
permitted to slide down the
fireman's pole of the Vatican
fire department. What a con-
soling memory when the disci-
pline of the school year re-
places the summers freedom"
In a magazine interview, he
gave a clue to his personal atti-
tude toward the world of news
gathering. He said that "the
most rewarding thing is that
journalists are among the very
few generalistS left in a boring
specialized world. You are in
touch with everything from
the local grass roots to the
most complicated international
thing"
In a 1851 statement, Mr..
Graham said the standing in
structions to The Post were ito
follow neither the mob nor any
line but to pursue the prin-
ciples Of independence under
which this paper has grown"
Mr.. Graham was born July