Milestones, May 30, 1977

Divorced. Edward W. Brooke, 57, junior Senator from Massachusetts; and Remigia Ferrari-Scacco Brooke, 58, his Italian-born wife; after 30 years of marriage, nine years of separation, two daughters; in Cambridge, Mass. -

Died. Carlos Lacerda, 63, fiery, flamboyant anti-Communist journalist, publisher and politician; of a heart attack; in Rio de Janeiro. As governor of Guanabara state, which included Rio de Janeiro, he vociferously supported military leaders in overthrowing President Joao Goulart in 1964. Briefly thereafter a contender for President himself, he eventually, in 1969, was stripped of his political rights for opposing the...

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