Born. To Carol Haney, 32, gaminlike dancer of The Pajama Game (both stage and screen), and Actor Larry Blyden, 32; a son, their first child; by Caesarean section; in Manhattan. Name: Joshua. Weight: 4 lbs. 12 oz.

Died. William C. De Koning Sr., 59, shrewd, tough ("I ain't afraid of no one") Long Island labor hustler and strong-arm boy, convicted of extortion in 1954 after a four-year crusade by Long Island's Newsday (for which it won the Pulitzer Prize); of chronic hepatitis; in Mineola, N.Y. A.F.L. Organizer De Koning bullied his way from Local 138 of the International Union of Operating Engineers into a prosperous, politically insured Nassau County kingdom, reputedly decided who could or could not construct a new housing development. Expanding in 1943 to catch some of Roosevelt Raceway's runaway revenue, he raked in kickbacks from nearly everybody, erected the Labor Lyceum, containing a meeting hall, restaurant and Long Island's biggest bar (where union members spent liberally to stay in his good graces), had his union help build him a lavish home.

Died. Jack Buchanan, sixtyish, versatile British song-and-danceman, TV performer and London theater owner; of spinal arthritis; in London. Scottish-born Buchanan once taught Laurence Olivier how to twirl a cane and twinkle his feet, was a leading comic at 19, made his first of many Broadway appearances in Andre Chariot's Revue of 1924 (with Beatrice Lillie, Gertrude Lawrence).

Died. Erie Palmer Halliburton, 65, cranky, crusty farm-boy-to-riches oil tycoon, inventor of new methods of oil-well cementing (his "jet mixer" paved the way for mass production of well casings); after a three-year lung illness; in Los Angeles. Once so broke his wife had to pawn her wedding ring, Halliburton got his break in 1919 when he controlled a wild oil well for the late Oklahoma Wildcatter "Wild Bill" Skelly. formed his own company in 1920 (the Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. last year grossed $176,464,666), spread his empire into many fields, including pioneer production of lightweight (aluminum) luggage. Halliburton belittled the "good old days" as days of backbreaking labor, heralded instead modern "mechanization," once (in 1935) proclaimed he would hire no one who had ever accepted government relief.

Died. Neal Ball, 76, jovial onetime shortstop for the Cleveland Naps (later the Indians), first major leaguer to stage an unassisted triple play; after long illness; in Bridgeport, Conn. On July 9, 1909, with visiting Red Sox runners on first and second, Ball made a diving catch of a line drive for one out, fell on second for two, recovered and tagged the first-base runner for three.

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