Monday, May. 03, 1954
Born. To Paul Reynaud, 75, Premier of France at the time of the Nazi invasion in 1940, now one of three Vice Premiers under Premier Joseph Laniel, and his second wife. Christiane Mabire Reynaud, 40, his onetime secretary: their third child (his fourth, a son; in Paris. Name: Alexandre. Weight: 10 Ibs.
Married. Jaime Ortiz Patino, 25, Bolivian tin heir, nephew of Tin Baron Antenor Patino; and Joanne Connelly, 23, former Manhattan debutante; he for the first time, she for the second (five months after her previous marriage, to Banker-Sportsman Robert Sweeny, ended in divorce); in Paris.
Married. Lotte Adenauer, 28, West Germany's first lady, daughter and official hostess of widowed Chancellor Konrad Adenauer; and Heribert Multhaupt, 32, Aachen architect; in a civil ceremony, to be followed by a Roman Catholic wedding in Bonn Cathedral on May 11; in Rhoendorf, Germany.
Married. Peter Lawford, 30, London-born cinemactor (It Should Happen to You) and Patricia Kennedy, 29, daughter of Millionaire Financier Joseph P. Kennedy and younger sister of John F. (Jack) Kennedy, junior Democratic Senator from Massachusetts; in Manhattan.
Married. Martha Raye, 37, bumptious TV comedienne (Martha Raye Show); and Edward Thomas Begley, 30, a dancer on her TV program; he for the first time, she for the fifth; in a civil ceremony; in Arlington, Va.
Died. Rudolf Beran, 66, pro-German Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1938-39) under President Emil Hacha after the Munich pact and during the first weeks of Hitler's occupation, who was convicted after World War II for collaborating with the Nazis; in prison at Leopoldov, Czechoslovakia.
Died. Joseph Hergesheimer. 74, prolific bestselling historical novelist from 1914 through the early '30s (Java Head, Balisand, The Three Black Pennys); in Sea Isle City, N.J. A slow but diligent craftsman, he wrote for 14 years before he published his first novel, The Lay Anthony, and in his prime turned out a book a year, plus scores of popular short stories for the Satevepost. No favorite of highbrows, he won a wide popular following and critical respect with his detailed historical backgrounds (e.g., the Clipper Ship era, the Civil War) and nostalgic, unpretentious style.
Died. Strickland Gillilan, 84, oldtime Midwest newspaperman turned humorist, best known for his 1910 Irish-dialect railroader poem, Finnigin to Flannigan ("Off agin, on agin, gone agin.--Finnigin"); in Warrenton, Va.
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