Milestones, Oct. 7, 1957

Born. To Harry (Harold George) Belafonte Jr., 30, Harlem-born calypso crooner, and his second wife, Julie Robinson Belafonte, 29, pigtailed, Russian-Jewish dancer (Katherine Dunham troupe): a son, their first child (his third); in Manhattan. Name: David Michael.

Proxy Marriage Revealed. Sophia Loren (under her real name, Sofia Scicolone), 23, sultry Italian cinemactress; and her discoverer, Italian Producer Carlo Ponti, 44; she for the first time, he for the second; through their attorneys (she was in Hollywood, he in Rome) two weeks ago; in Juarez, Mexico.

Died. Dr. Eugene Beverly Ferris Jr., 52, medical director...

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