Milestones, Apr. 7, 1952

Married. Roberta Peters, 21, Bronx-born Metropolitan Opera soprano; and Robert Merrill, 33, Brooklyn-born Met baritone; in Manhattan.

Died. Alvin Nugent ("Bo") McMillin, 53, All-America backfield man and for 14 years coach at the University of Indiana; of a heart attack induced by cancer; in Bloomington, Ind. Texas-born "Bo" won fame in 1921 as quarterback of little Centre College's "Praying Colonels." In 1945, he coached his "pore little boys" at Indiana to their only Western Big Ten football championship.

Died. Dr. Paul Klapper, 66, president emeritus of New York City's municipal Queens College, since 1951 educational consultant to the newly formed Fund for the...

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