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■ Lawrence Whitaker Dies COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5.— Funeral services for Lawrence Whitaker, 65, former Beulah Park mutuel clerk, were held on Thursday in the Gosnell Funeral Home here with burial in the Union Cemetery. Despite the loss of his sight in 1933, as the result of a World War I. accident, Whitaker continued to frequent the Ohio race courses and to enjoy the sport.