Milestones, Nov. 21, 1949

Born. To Thomas Francis ("Tommy") Dorsey, 44, belligerent, trombone-tootling bandleader (the "Sentimental Gentleman of Swing"), and third wife Jane New Dorsey, 26: their first child (his third), a daughter; in Manhattan. Name: Catherine Susan. Weight: 8 lbs. 9 oz.

Married. Darrylin Zanuck, 18, daughter of 20th Century-Fox's Producer Darryl F. Zanuck (Gentleman's Agreement, Pinky); and Robert L. Jacks, 22, University of Southern California graduate ('49); in Covington, Ky.

Died. Russell Weisman, 59, self-styled "renegade Democrat" who opposed the New Deal through a double career as professor of economics at Western Reserve University and as daily columnist and editorial writer for the Cleveland Plain...

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