Milestones, Apr. 7, 1980

BORN. To Jordan's American-born, Princeton-educated Queen Nur, 28, the former Lisa Halaby, and King Hussein, 44: a son, her first child, his eighth; in Amman. Name: Hamzah, after an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad.

DIED. Arthur Okun, 51, liberal economist and chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Lyndon B. Johnson; of a heart attack; in Washington, D.C. Adviser to three Democratic Presidents and many corporate leaders, and a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, Okun was known for his handy formulations as well as his economic analyses. If the elusive recession...

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