Died. James G. Fulton, 68, Pennsylvania Congressman for 27 years and ranking Republican on the House Science and Astronautics Committee; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. Navy Lieut. Fulton was serving in the Pacific during World War II when he decided to run for Congress in absentia--and won. Though his Pittsburgh district was predominantly Democratic, Fulton was re-elected 13 times, partly because he was ever ready to do a constituent a favor and partly because he never tired of making appearances anywhere he could find a few voters. Also known for eccentricities, he proposed in 1960 that Dwight Eisenhower become Richard Nixon's candidate for Vice President.

Died. Viliam Siroky, 69, who served as Premier of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1963; in Prague. A World War II Resistance leader who narrowly escaped execution by the Nazis, Siroky rose rapidly through postwar party ranks as a Stalinist. As Premier, he often drew the assignment of declaring his government's antagonism toward the West. It was because of his unflinching loyalty to the Kremlin that Siroky was expelled from the party during the reform era introduced by Alexander Dubcek.

Died. Dr. Aldo Castellani, 92, world authority on tropical medicine; in Lisbon. A native Florentine, Castellani received his medical degree in 1899, then joined a British commission studying sleeping sickness in Uganda. It was there that he became the first to isolate the deadly microbe carried by the tsetse fly. Castellani identified the germ that causes yaws, developed mixed vaccines for cholera, typhoid and paratyphoid. His close association with the British led to knighthood in 1928, though the honor was withdrawn after World War II started. Castellani settled in Portugal following the war as physician to his exiled sovereign, Italian King Umberto II.

Died. Admiral Richard H. Jackson, 105, oldest officer on the retired list; in San Diego. In 1889, Jackson was a midshipman about to be cashiered because of poor marks at the Naval Academy. Awaiting his release, he was serving on the wooden frigate Trenton when it was almost reefed by a typhoon off Samoa. Jackson led a group of sailors into the rigging, where they spread their coats to provide the extra sail surface necessary to propel the ship out of danger. His heroism produced a medal and a special act of Congress that reinstated him in the Navy. He later commanded gunboats on the Yangtze, served in the Spanish-American War and commanded the Pacific Battle Fleet before his retirement in 1930.

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