Monday, Jun. 17, 1957
Born. To Margaret Truman, 33, daughter of ex-President Harry Truman, and Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr., 44, assistant to the foreign editor of the New York Times: a son, their first child; in Manhattan (see PEOPLE). Name: Clifton Truman. Weight: 6 lbs. 8 oz.
Born. To Hal March (real name: Harold Mendelson), 36, TV quizmaster ($64,000 Question), and Candy Toxton, 31, onetime model: a boy, their first child; in Manhattan. Name: Peter Lindsay. Weight: 5 lbs. 13 oz.
Married. Princess Margarita of Baden, 24, blue-eyed niece of Britain's Prince Philip, and Prince Tomislav, 29, now working as a fruit farmer; younger brother of ex-King Peter of Yugoslavia; at Schloss Salem, Baden, Germany.
Married. Franz Josef Strauss, 41, West German Defense Minister; and Marianne Zwicknagel, 27, daughter of a German diplomat (see FOREIGN NEWS) ; in Rottam-Inn, Bavaria, Germany.
Died. Louise Schroeder, 70, mild-mannered spinster who gained international admiration as Berlin's Acting Lord Mayor (1947-48) during months of the taut, East-West political contest for the city, climaxed by the Russian blockade and the Allied airlift that broke it; of a heart attack; in Berlin.
Died. Paul Joseph Neff, 72, longtime railroader who in 1956 led the sprawling, bankrupt Missouri Pacific Lines out of one of U.S. railroading's longest (23 years) and most prosperous receiverships, resigned as president last month to become board chairman; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in St. Louis.
Died. Paul Bernard Krichell, 74, chief scout for 37 years for the New York Yankees, credited with discovering more baseball talent than any other man in history (he signed some 200 players including Lou Gehrig, Leo Durocher, Vic Raschi, Red Rolfe, Phil Rizzuto, Tony Lazzeri); after long illness; in New York City.
Died. Sosthenes Behn, 75, co-founder (1920) and longtime chairman of the board of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.; of a heart ailment; in Manhattan (see BUSINESS).
Died. The Rt. Rev. Alfred Walter Frank Blunt, 77, outspoken Bishop of Bradford (1931-55), whose mild-seeming remarks, in December 1936, that King Edward VIII (now the Duke of Windsor) should give "more positive signs" of knowing his duty toward religion sparked the already charged atmosphere of political crisis over the Wally Simpson romance, hastened the King's decision to abdicate; after long illness; at his home near York, England.
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