Milestones, Mar. 10, 1952

Divorced. By Cinemactress Gene (Laura) Tierney, 31, who claimed that "he didn't give me a dime in ten years": Manhattan Dress Designer Oleg Cassini, 38; after 10½ years of marriage, a rift in 1946-48, two daughters; in Santa Monica, Calif.

Died. Gregory La Cava, 59, oldtime top Hollywood director (My Man Godfrey, Stage Door); of a heart attack; in Malibu, Calif.

Died. Sherman Hoar Bowles,* 61, who parlayed an inherited newspaper (the Springfield, Mass. Republican) into a multimillion-dollar empire; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Starting with the paper founded in 1824 by his great-grandfather, Bowles finally owned large slices of Bell Aircraft...

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