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Show ROCKEFELLER IS 97 YEARS OLD LAKEWOOD, N. J., July 8 (l'.l! -John D. Rockefeller, Sr., be-tame be-tame 97 years old today, proclaiming proclaim-ing his "good condition of health simply a miracle" and hoping he will live to be 100. He celebrated his anniversary as he has all his others since he retired from active participation in the oil business that made him one of the richest men of history behind a wall of secrecy in Golf House, his magnificent fortress home. ( One thing only was divulged ;ahout his plans for the day. Defy-"'hg Defy-"'hg the diet of buttermilk and nickers which legend has it he ('bsists upon, he will eat a piece his birthday cake. The Swedish ok who has been with him many It 'are baked the confection last tght. i I |