Milestones, May 1, 1995

SUED. CHRISTIAN SLATER, 25, prematurely raspy-voiced actor; for palimony; in Los Angeles. Nina Huang, who lived with the star of True Romance until earlier this month, maintains he promised to give her half his earnings during their time together.

DIED. J. PETER GRACE, 81, longest-reigning (a half-century) head of a major U.S. company; of lung cancer; in New York City. Grace's death came within weeks of the corporate coup that replaced him as chairman of the giant chemicals company W.R. Grace & Co. As head of a federal economics commission during the Reagan presidency, Grace was a highly visible cheerleader for...

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