Milestones, Jan. 8, 1951

Born. To Dick Powell, 46, crooner turned cinema-radio tough guy (Johnny O'Clock), and June Allyson, 27, cinemactress (Little Women), U.S. moviegoers' favorite star in 1950, according to Box-office magazine's year-end survey: their first child (his third), a son; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Richard Keith Weight: 5 lbs.

Married. Henry (Mr. Roberts) Fonda, 45, actor; and Susan Blanchard, 22,cinema starlet, stepdaughter of Producer-Songwriter Oscar (South Pacific) Hammerstein 2nd; he for the third time, she for the first; in Manhattan.

Married. Ethel du Pont Roosevelt, 34, heiress to a Du Pont chemicals fortune, divorced wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.; and Benjamin S. Warren...

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