Milestones, Mar. 5, 1956

Married. John Phillips Marquand Jr., 31, son of Novelist J. P. Marquand, author under the pseudonym John Phillips (The Second Happiest Day); and Elena Susanna Coward, 24; he for the second time, she for the first; in London.

Died. Wheeler Sammons, 66, scholarly owner, editor and publisher of the standard reference work, Who's Who in America (circ. 35,000); of a heart attack; in Chicago.

Died. Jake ("Greasy Thumb") Guzik, 70, Sicilian-born "retired gambler," onetime financial secretary to the late Al Capone; of a heart attack, in his own bed; in Chicago. Low rated as Public Enemy No. 10 in the Chicago Crime Commission's...

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