Milestones, Oct. 2, 1972

Divorced. Alvin Ray ("Pete") Rozelle, 46, drumbeating, tutelary commissioner of the National Football League for the past twelve years; and Jane Coupe Rozelle, 44; after 23 years of marriage (four of separation), one daughter; in New York City. -

Died. William Fitts Ryan, 50, Congressman from Manhattan who helped found New York's Democratic Party reform movement in the 1950s and who, during the past twelve years in the House, was among the earliest opponents of the war and a staunch advocate of such causes as women's rights, mainland China's admission to the U.N. and reduced...

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