Milestones, Jul. 2, 1945

Born. To John O'Hara, 40, writer of idiomatic, bitter-patter stories of U.S. life (Appointment in Samarra, Pal Joey), and his second wife, Belle Wylie O'Hara, 32: their first child, a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Wylie. Weight : 6 lbs. 9 oz.

Married. Palmer Reid Long, 21, A.A.F. cadet and younger son of Louisiana's late "Kingfish," Huey P. Long; and pretty, blonde Louene Dance, 20; in Los Angeles.

Divorced. By Jennifer Jones, 26, Oscar-owning cinemactress (The Song of Bernadette): Robert Walker, 27, cinema juvenile (The Clock); after six years of marriage, two children; in Los Angeles.

Killed in Action. Brigadier General Claudius M. Easley, 53,...

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