Milestones, Oct. 11, 1943

Born. To Katherine ("Kay") Stammers, 29, pretty British tennist, and Welsh Guards Lieut. Michael Menzies, wealthy peacetime stock broker: a daughter; in London.

Born. To Helen Jepson Dellera, 35, comely Pennsylvania-born soprano; and Walter Dellera, 30, her second husband, Elco (marine) engineer: their first child, a son, Riccardo (after his grandfather, the late Metropolitan Opera maestro Riccardo Dellera); in Manhattan. Weight: 8 Ib. 3 oz.

Engaged. Gunder (the Wunder) Hägg, 24, Swedish snatcher of the U.S. outdoor mile record (at 4:05.3); and Dorothy Nortier, 19, blonde attraction of her father's Piedmont, Calif, restaurant;...

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