Peggy G. Hereford; LAX Public Relations Chief
Peggy G. Hereford, 75, public relations chief of Los Angeles International Airport for a quarter-century. The first woman to head the public relations department of a major airport, Mrs. Hereford became the dean of such operations nationally. When she retired in 1977, more than 500 well-wishers and several television cameras thronged the street in front of her El Segundo home. On April 4 in Inglewood of respiratory failure.
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