Milestones, Apr. 30, 1945

Born. To Clifford Odets, 38, brilliant leftish playwright of the '30s (Waiting for Lefty), who cashed in on his talents as a Hollywood writer-director (None But the Lonely Heart), and Bette Grayson Odets, 26, his second wife: their (and his) first child, a daughter; in Hollywood. Weight: 5 lbs.

Married. Gloria Vanderbilt di Cicco, 21 ; and Leopold Antoni Stokowski, sixtyish;*he for the third time, she for the second; one day after her divorce from Pasquale ("Pat") di Cicco; in Mexicali, Mexico.

Married. Deems Taylor. 59, popular, mellow-toned composer-critic; and Lucille Watson-Little, 20, whom he...

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