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Show $200,000 Estate of Borah Proves Surprise to Widow Will Instructs 'Dear Mary' to Send Scrapbooks to Library at University of Idaho WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 Iff) The late Senator William E. Borah of Idaho left to his widow an estate of approximately 1200,000, almost all of It in government bonds. This was disclosed todsy by Mrs. Borah, who said the bequest was discovered m the senator's safe deposit box when It was opened by Miss Grace Heilman, his personal per-sonal secretary for many years, to obtain his will.. The will waa written by hand on paper from a senate tablet It left "everything I have to my beloved Mary." N Mrs. Borah said she had been surprised at the amount despite the fact she knew the senator had three life Insurance policies which had been paid up several years ago, as well as funds from the sale of their home in Idaho, fees for speeches and savings from his salary as senator for more than 30 years. Mrs. Borah was named in the will as the sole executor. There were no witnesses. A postscript to the document requested re-quested "dear Mary" to send the senator's scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about himself, collected for more than a quarter of a century, cen-tury, to the Borah foundation at the University of Idaho. The Borah foundation was started by Sol Levlnson of Chicago with a contribution, con-tribution, of (60,000. |