Milestones, Oct. 20, 1952

Married. Princess Atsuko, 21, third daughter of Japan's Emperor Hirohito, and Takamasa Ikeda, 25, well-to-do dairy farmer and son of the former Marquis Ikeda, who gave up his title after World War II; in Tokyo. The Princess' marriage to a commoner stripped her of an annual 650,000 yen ($1,800) royal allowance. The Emperor was in bed with a cold but the Empress, with 30 members of the royal family, attended the ancient and austere Shinto ceremony.

Married. Dr. Ewan Forbes-Sempill, 40, the former Elizabeth Forbes-Sempill, daughter of the late Lord Sempill, whose name and...

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