1973 Press Photo L. Patrick Gray FBI Director Nixon

Caption: L. Patrick Gray III will be nominated by President Nixon as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the President announced formally Saturday the the Florida White House. Gray has served the past nine months as acting director since the death of J. Edgar Hoover. L. Patrick Gray, the former FBI director, is recovering from surgery to correct an aneurysm, or bubble in his aorta near the heart. Gray was operated on Aug. 3, in New London, Conn.

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