Milestones, Feb. 7, 1955

Divorced. Margaret Leighton, 32, British actress of stage (The Confidential Clerk) and screen (The Holly and the Ivy); by Max Reinhardt, 39, publisher (Nonesuch Press) ; on grounds of adultery with Actor Laurence Harvey, 26, the Romeo of the current film version of Romeo and Juliet; after seven years of marriage, no children; in London.

Died. Hans Hedtoft, 51, Prime Minister of Denmark, chiefly responsible for breaking down his nation's traditional resistance to defense measures and piloting it into NATO; of a heart attack; in Stockholm.

Died. João Alberto Lins de Barros, 57, Brazilian Diplomatic Minister and foreign-trade expert, longtime right-hand man of...

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