DIED. Dr. Manouchehr Eghbal, 68, former Premier of Iran and chairman of the National Iranian Oil Co.; of a heart attack; in Ellahiyem, Iran. Named Premier in 1957, Eghbal was forced to resign three years later over charges that a parliamentary election had been rigged. While he was in power, Eghbal was a favorite of the Shah, whose policies he vigorously upheld.

DIED. Paul Schoeffler, 70, German opera bass-baritone famous for his interpretation of Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger; after a long illness; in Amersham, England. Schoeffler sang in Vienna during and after World War II and regularly made the operatic grand tour during the 1950s. At New York's Metropolitan Opera he was popular as Scarpia in Tosca and as Don Giovanni. Despite his success, he complained that "this business of dressing up in a silly costume, putting on a wig and paint on the face and getting killed or poisoned or drunk every night" made for a less than ideal profession.

DIED. Carleton King, 73, New York Congressman who represented fashionable Saratoga Springs (1960-74); following surgery; in Bradenton, Fla. A conservative from a district he described as "died-in-the-wool Republican," he called for an across-the-board income tax of at least 25% and endorsed phone tapping in the interests of national security. "I think it's high time some people were watched," he once said in response to criticism of J. Edgar Hoover.

DIED. Luigi Cardinal Traglia, 82, dean of the Sacred College of Cardinals; in Rome. After the death of Pope John XXIII, Traglia was widely mentioned as a possible successor. The Pro-Vicar General of Rome (1965-68), he was the city's principal ordaining bishop and responsible for the seal of ecclesiastical approval bestowed on all books published in Rome that fall within the church's authority. Celebrated for his erudition, Traglia was known in Vatican circles as "the living archive."

DIED. John Franklin Wharton, 83, lawyer, author (Life Among the Playwrights) and inventive behind-the-scenes presence on Broadway; of emphysema; in Manhattan. As a member and founder of the prestigious law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, Wharton had a variety of businesses for clients. His longtime love of the theater and entrepreneurial genius made him an imaginative adviser and friend of producers, playwrights and songwriters. In 1938 he helped form the Playwrights Producing Co., which gave its member-writers (Maxwell Anderson, Robert E. Sherwood and others) control over their own works through bypassing producers. More recently Wharton worked with the Theater Development Fund to establish a reduced-price ticket booth on Times Square.

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