Married. John S. Knight, 81, editorial chairman of Knight-Ridder Newspapers, who in 1968 won a Pulitzer Prize for his incisive column, "The Editor's Notebook"; and Elizabeth Good Augustus, 74, wealthy breeder of thoroughbreds; he for the third time, she for the second; in Bal Harbour, Fla.

Died. Dr. Bruce Webster, 74, medical director of Time Inc. from 1947, when he organized its medical department, until he retired in 1966, and venereologist who, as president of the American Social Health Association (1969-1972), led a national effort to control the spread of venereal disease; of an apparent heart attack; in Manhattan.

Died. Eliezer ("Lou") Shainmark, 75, ingenious Hearst newspaper editor; after a long illness; in The Bronx. While night editor of the New York Journal-American in 1934, Shainmark suggested comparing handwriting samples of Suspect Bruno Richard Hauptmann with ransom notes of the kidnaper of Charles Lindbergh's slain 20-month-old son. The result was the first concrete evidence against Hauptmann, who was later convicted, and a triumph for Shainmark.

Died. William A. Blakley, 77, conservative Texas Democrat who twice filled an unexpired term in the U.S. Senate; in Dallas. Sometimes called "Cowboy Bill" for his early ranch-hand days in Oklahoma, later "Dollar Bill" in recognition of his status as a self-made centimillionaire who with his wife gave $100 million to a foundation that he helped to create, Blakley was first appointed to the Senate for eleven weeks in 1957. He left saying, "I shall go back to my boots and saddle and ride toward the Western sunset," but came galloping back in 1961 for another six months when Vice President-elect Lyndon Johnson resigned his Senate seat.

Died. Chou Enlai, 77, Premier of China since the Communist victory in 1949; of cancer; in Peking (see THE WORLD).

Died. John Aloysius Costello, 84, twice Prime Minister of Ireland and former leader of the conservative Fine Gael party; of cancer; in Dublin. After his surprise victory in 1948 over his longtime rival, Fianna Fail Leader Eamon de Valera, Costello quipped, "I feel rotten. Last Saturday I was a free man." But he energetically pursued his task, breaking Ireland's final constitutional link to Britain with the repeal of the External Relations Act. Costello lost the prime ministership to De Valera in 1951, won it back in 1954, lost it again in 1957 and quit politics in 1959.

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