BORN. To James Dickey, 58, Southern poet and novelist (Deliverance), and his wife Deborah, 29, a girl, her first child, his third; in Columbia, S.C.; weight 5 lbs. 5 oz. Name: Bronwen Elaine.
DIED. James Rausch, 52, bishop of the diocese of Phoenix who, as general secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1973 to 1977, became a leading spokesman for liberal factions and helped propose such progressive resolutions as calls for a married priesthood and the ordination of women; of a heart attack; in Phoenix.
DIED. William Saroyan, 72, prolific Armenian-American novelist, playwright and short story writer who strove to...
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