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Junior Gilliam dies

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Dodger coach Jim Gilliam, who never regained consciousness after a stroke three weeks ago, has died of a cardiac arrest one day after his team won its second consecutive National League pennant.

Gilliam, 49, died late last night at Daniel Freeman Hospital, said spokesman Larry Pilcher. He had been in the hospital since Sept. 15, when he lapsed into a coma following surgery for a cerebral hemorrhage.

"He was a great guy and a wonderful man," said Al Campanis, Dodger vice president and general manager. "He was an excellent instructor and people liked him very much."

Gilliam's playing and coaching career with the Dodgers spanned 26 years. He began as a hustling infielder who won many fans while playing with the club in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.

The Dodgers dedicated their playoff games to Gilliam and said they would do the same in the World Series against the Yankees.

"We dedicate the playoffs to a great man, a great human being and we're dedicating the Fall Classic to him," said manager Tom Lasorda. 

After the Dodgers won the pennant Saturday night, Gilliam's wife of 19 years, Edwina, appeared in the team's dressing room to congratulate them. She said little, but the team members understood.

"It's just a tremendous feeling for us to accomplish this for Jim," said the team's captain, Davey Lopes. "There's nothing we [[text cut off]]
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[[caption]] Junior Gilliam as a Brooklyn Dodger rookie in 1953. [[/caption]]

off game: "I had an almost spiritual feeling for Gilliam. I had problems on and off the field this year [[text cut off]  

Cecil Cooke dies
Cecilk Gladstone ("Babe") Cooke, an intercollegiate running champion of the 1920s and more recently a prominent official of the Millrose Games and other track meets, died October 4 at Calvary hospital in New York after a long illness.

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At DeWitt Clinton Hig [[cut off]] starred on the track team election to the scholastic [[?]] Arista.

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Aaron Douglas, Painter, at 79; Founded Fisk Art Department

Aaron Douglas, a leading painter during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's, who has been called "the father of black American art," died Feb. 2. He founded and for 29 years was chairman of the art department at Fisk University in Nashville. 

Mr. Douglas, who was 79 years old, died of a pulmonary embolism in the [[text cut off]] Hospital of Meharry Medical [[text cut off]] He had continued to [[text cut off]] hi retirement [[text cut off]] and continued studying both there and in Paris. As a pupil of Winold Reiss, said Dr. Jacqueline Bontemps, an art historian at Illinois State University. Mr. Douglas learned to seek and accept his own cultural heritage.

This was critical to all black artists in this period because, until then, "prejudice had made the Negro half-ashamed of himself, and racial subjects used to be avoided or treated gingerly in soft-pedaled Nordic transcriptions," said Alain [[text cut off]] in his book "Negro Art: Past and [[text cut off


Rep. Metcalfe is dead at 68; was 'world's fastest human'

CHICAGO(UPI)-Rep. Ralph Metcalf, an Olympic gold medalist and a leading black legislator who defied and beat the Chicago Democratic machine, died yesterday. He was 68.

The Illinois Democrat collapsed at his home on the city's South Side and was pronounced dead at Michael Reese Hospital, where a spokesman said Metcalfe apparently suffered a heart attack. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause of death. 

Metcalfe, born March 29, 1910, in Atlanta, was a member of the 1932 and 1936 Olympic teams and was regarded as the "world's fastest human" in 1934 and 1935 when he  tied the world mark three times at 10.3 seconds for the 100 meter dash.

In 1936 Olympics at Berlin—dominated by Jesse Owens' four gold medals before a furious Adolf Hitler—Metcalfe finished second to Owens in the 100 meter event and won a gold medal on the world record 400 meter relay team. 

"I want to express my sorrow at the loss of a very good friend" said Owens in Phoenix, Arix., "one that I felt contributed a great deal to the programs of social justice in America."

Metcalfe, who lived most of his life in Chicago, caught on early with the Democratic organization. He was elected 3d Ward Democratic committeeman in 1952 and alderman in 1955-the year Richard J. Daley was elected mayor.

Metcalfe, considered Daley's "man" in the city's black wards, was elected president pro tempore of the Chicago City Council in 1969. He was elected to Congress in 1970 with Daley's support.

But in the early 1970's, Metcalfe complained bitterly about police harassment of blacks. Metcalfe demanded that Daley come to his office to discuss the situation but the mayor refused and the rift widened. 

Metcalfe infuriated Daley by endorsing the mayor's opponent in 1975 Democratic mayoral primary. Daley then tried to push through the Illinois Legislature a congressional redistricting plan that could have left Metcalfe without a district, but the attempt failed. 

The Democratic organization backed another candidate for Metcalfe's congressional seat in 1976, but Metcalfe rallied support from within his predominantly black district and won reelection.

It was not until Daley's death later in 1976 that Metcalfe and the Democratic machine made peace. He was supported by the organization in his re-election on Nov. 7.

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[[caption]] CHICAGO: Rep. Ralph Metcalfe  died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack.[[/caption]]

He is survived by his [[text cut off]] Madalynne, and a son, Ralph Jr.

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Transcription Notes:
Added missing article on Cecil Cooke. Moved Headline for Aaron Douglas to section where his article is. Order now reads Junior Gillam, Cecil Cook, Aaron Douglas, Rep. Metcalfe.