Milestones: Aug. 7, 1964

Married. Marcia Kubitschek, 20, comely daughter of former (1956-61) Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek, 50, who fathered the $600 million inland capital of Brasilia but ran afoul of the country's new revolutionary government, which recently stripped him of all political rights for ten years; and Baldomero Barbara Neto, 25, son of a wealthy Brazilian industrialist; in Lisbon.

Died. Willie ("The Wisp") Galimore, 29, star halfback of the Chicago Bears pro football team, who averaged 4.45 yards per carry over six seasons and in 1957 tied a Bears record of four touchdowns in a single game; in an auto accident that also killed Bears...

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