Milestones, Mar. 15, 1971

Married. Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 51, Prime Minister of Canada: and Margaret Sinclair, 22, daughter of Canadian Privy Councillor James Sinclair (see THE WORLD).

Died. Charles W. Engelhard, 54, lavish-living multimillionaire who may have served as the model for the central character in Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger: of an apparent heart attack: in Boca Grande, Fla. Engelhard ballooned an inheritance of $20 million into an estimated $250 million by his grasp of the potential of precious metals in technology. Equally successful in racing, he spent close to $10 million for top-quality thoroughbreds, had 213 victories in the U.S. in nine years. After his...

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