Milestones, Apr. 18, 1960

Divorced. By Duncan Sandys, 52, Britain's Aviation Minister: Diana Churchill Sandys, 50, Sir Winston's eldest daughter; after 25 years of marriage, three children; in London.

Died. The Rev. W. H. (Bill) Alexander, 45, strapping, red-haired pastor of Oklahoma City's egg-shaped First Christian Church, onetime chaplain of the Republican National Committee, who ran for the U.S. Senate in 1950 and lost to Democrat Mike Monroney; when his twin-engined plane crashed into a milk truck at Camp Hill, Pa., also killing his wife Marylouise, 36, and their pilot.

Died. David Blair Owen, 51, onetime president of...

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