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- DIED. Arthur Goldberg, 81, U.S. Supreme Court Justice from
- 1962 to 1965; in Washington. John F. Kennedy's Secretary of
- Labor, he became an influential member of the high court's
- liberal bloc led by Chief Justice Earl Warren. Goldberg
- reluctantly left the bench after Lyndon Johnson prevailed upon
- him to become Ambassador to the United Nations. He resigned that
- post in April 1968 out of frustration with Johnson's escalation
- of the Vietnam War.
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