Milestones, Dec. 4, 1972

Married. Charles Njonjo, 52, Kenya's debonair Attorney General; and Margaret Bryson, 34, daughter of white Christian missionaries and a supervisor of French instruction for Kenya's Ministry of Education; both for the first time; in Nairobi.

Died. Marie Wilson, 56, one of the most durable "dumb blondes" of show business; of cancer; in Hollywood. Wilson's bosomy innocence won her a Warner Brothers contract at age 15, and she started a series of forgettable films (Boy Meets Girl, Never Wave at a WAC) that established her stereotype. She attracted a national audience as the lovable...

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