Milestones, Mar. 23, 1953

Born. To Ella Raines, 31, cinemactress (Hail the Conquering Hero, Brute Force), and her second husband, Air Force Lieut. Colonel Robin Olds, 30: their second child, second daughter; in Cornwall, N.Y. Name: Susan, Weight: 7 lbs.

Died. Klement Gottwald, 56, Moscow-trained President-Dictator of Czechoslovakia; in Prague (see FOREIGN NEWS).

Died. Joseph Raleigh Bryson, 60, teetotaling Democratic Representative from South Carolina since 1939, leader of the dry forces in Congress who tried to put the nation on the wagon during World War II; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Bethesda, Md.

Died. Fred Toney, 63, National...

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