Milestones: Feb. 2, 1962

Married. Piper Laurie, 30, a cupcake in Hollywood confections until she walked out on a long-term Universal-International contract to search for more "challenging" roles (The Hustler); and Joseph Morgenstern, 29, New York Herald Tribune drama reporter, who met her on an interview; both for the first time; in Long Beach, Calif.

Died. Donald G. Nutter, 46, Montana's outspoken Republican Governor, a World War II bomber pilot who later served in the state senate, won the governorship in 1960 on a hold-the-budget plank, condemned the United Nations as "a forum for the enemies" and refused to proclaim U.N. Day in Montana; in the...

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