Milestones, Apr. 6, 1953

Born. To Carol Charming, 32, doll-eyed musicomedienne who rocked Broadway as the dimwitted gold digger in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and Alexander Carson, 29, former private eye and now pro-football center (Ottawa Rough Riders): their first child, a son; in Manhattan. Name: Channing. Weight: 9 Ibs. 2 oz.

Divorced. By Hedy Lamarr, 38, Vienna-born screen beauty (Algiers, Samson and Delilah): her fourth husband, Ernest ("Ted") Stauffer, 44, Acapulco, Mex. nightclub owner; after less than two years of marriage, 14 months of separation; in Hollywood.

Died. Captain Warner R. Edsall, 48, skipper since last September of...

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