Milestones, Mar. 18, 1946

Born. To Nancy Bruff Clarke, 30, sightly authoress of bawdy, briefly best-selling Manatee, and Edwin Thurston Clarke, 51, Manhattan investment counselor: their first child, a son; in Manhattan, the day her first volume of poems (My Talon in Your Heart) was published. Name: Thurston Bruff. Weight: 7 lbs. 9 oz.

Born. To Charles Spencer ("Charlie") Chaplin, 56, once-great comedian who still gets into funny situations; and Oona O'Neill Chaplin, 20, only daughter of Playwright Eugene O'Neill: their second child, first son; in Santa Monica. Name: Michael John. Weight: 7 lbs. 8½ oz.

Married. John Josiah Newberry, 68, founder and board chairman of the...

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