Died. Frank Goad Clement, 49, three-term Governor of Tennessee; in an automobile accident; in Nashville, Tenn. Tall, handsome, a devout Methodist and Bible-spouting orator ("If a man finds his politics and religion don't mix, there is something wrong with his politics"), Clement won Tennessee's governorship in 1952 at the age of 32; two years later he was easily reelected. A moderate in the diehard South, he rose to national prominence as the Democratic Convention keynoter in 1956 with his "How long, America, O how long?" speech, ripping into "Vice-Hatchetman" Nixon. A third term as Tennessee's Governor came in 1962, but then Clement's star began to wane. In 1964 and 1966 he failed in bids for the U.S. Senate.

Died. Thurman W. Arnold, 78, eminent Washington lawyer and onetime New Deal trustbuster; of a heart attack; in Alexandria, Va. As an Assistant Attorney General from 1938 to 1943, Arnold initiated more antitrust suits (230) than any other individual in the history of the Sherman Antitrust Act, winning major decisions against the American Medical Association, Standard Oil of New Jersey and the Associated Press. He was appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 1943 but quit two years later to establish his own firm with Paul Porter and Abe Fortas; generous and liberal, he devoted much of his energy to civil liberties and defended many men accused of Communist sympathies during the McCarthy era.

Died. William F. Friedman, 78, cryptoanalyst who led the task force that broke the Japanese "purple code" just before U.S. entry into World War II; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. It took Friedman and his group of experts two years to crack the immensely complex and supposedly undecipherable code. The breakthrough provided the U.S. with advance knowledge of virtually every Japanese move throughout the war.

Died. Robert E. Wood, 90, soldier turned merchant king, who built Sears, Roebuck and Co. into the world's largest merchandising concern; in Lake Forest, Ill. A West Pointer (1900) who rose to brigadier general, Wood had one motto: "Let's charge!" And charge he did soon after he joined Sears as a vice president in 1924. Within four years he was president, and what was previously a rural mail-order house swiftly expanded into retail stores, insurance and financing. One of Wood's wisest moves was pioneering an employee profit-sharing plan that now owns 22% of the company's stock. He retired in 1954 but remained as a director until last year, helping to oversee the company that he built into an $8 billion-a-year colossus.

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