Milestones: Oct. 26, 1962

Born. To Hugh Leo Carey, 43, Democratic Congressman from Brooklyn, Capitol Hill's champion father, and his wife Helen, 38: their twelfth child, seventh boy; in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Married. Cecil Harmsworth King, 61, Britain's biggest press lord, whose Daily Mirror Group encompasses eight British and a dozen overseas newspapers, plus 200 assorted periodicals (total circ. 36.5 million); and Ruth Railton, 46, a longtime friend, founder and director of the Daily Mirror-sponsored National Youth Orchestra; he for the second time; in Maidenhead, England.

Divorced. By Lana Turner, 42, Hollywood's original Sweater Girl: California Rancher Fred May, 45, husband No. 5; in Juarez, Mexico.

Died. Françoise de...

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