James F. Clarity, 75, Reported on Crime, Politics and War:
Bearded, rumpled and irascible, Mr. Clarity looked like a screenwriter’s version of an old-time newsman, the kind who could bang out a fire story at midnight, buy a round at the saloon across the street and hop a plane for Saigon before dawn. But he was also a scholarly reporter and stylish writer who moved easily from politics in New York to conflicts in Ireland to everyday life in Moscow.
Nina Schneider, Author of Children’s Science Books, 94:
Nina Schneider, who with her husband, Herman, wrote dozens of science books for children that deftly explained the intricacies of stars, plants, the human body and even the networks of pipes and cables below city streets…