Milestones, Mar. 9, 1959

Born. To Jerry Lee Lewis, 23, rock-'n'-oll singer whose tour of Great Britain TIME, June 9) was cut short by public outrage ("Go home, baby snatcher! Go wheel your wife in a pram!"), and Myra .ewis, 14, his cousin and third wife: a ion, their first child; in Ferriday, La.

Born. To Janet Blair (real name: Martha Janet Lafferty), 38, actress (Sid Caesar's third TV wife, Eileen in the first ilm version of My Sister Eileen), and STick Mayo, 37, producer: their first child,

daughter; in Hollywood.

Died. Albert James ("Albie") Booth Jr., 51, Yale '32,...

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