Milestones, may 2, 1955

Married. King Hussein of Jordan, 19; and Sherifa Dina Abdul Hamid el-Aoun, 26, lecturer in English literature at Cairo University and a distant cousin of Hussein; both for the first time in Amman, Jordan.

Married. Emmett Kelly, 56, famed hobo clown of the Ringling Brothers circus and Hollywood (The Greatest Show on Earth) and Elveria Gebhardt, 22, circus acrobat; he for the third time, she for the first; in Edgewater, N.J.

Died. Henry Busse, 61, German-born pioneer "sweet" jazz trumpeter, orchestra leader and composer (Wang Wang Blues'); of a heart attack; in Memphis.

Died. Harry Woodburn Chase, 72, onetime president of the Universities...

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