Milestones, Jul. 9, 1951

Divorced. Robert Penn Warren, 46, Rhodes scholar, poet turned professor, and Pulitzer Prize novelist (All the King's Men); and Emma Brescia Warren, fortyish; after almost 21 years of marriage; in Reno.

Died. John Sheldon Olliff, 41, former British indoor tennis champion and Davis Cup player, who became one of Britain's top tennis correspondents (for the London Daily Telegraph); after a heart attack while on his way to cover the Wimbledon matches; in London.

Died. Leroy August Wilson, 50, who graduated from Indiana's Rose Polytechnic Institute in 1922, three days later went to work as a...

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