Milestones, Dec. 20, 1976

Married. Prince Bertil of Sweden. 64; and his close friend of 33 years. Lilian Craig, 61, a British commoner; he for the first time, she for the second; in Drottningholm Palace, just outside Stockholm.

Died. Joao ("Jango") Goulart, 58, Brazil's last civilian President (1961-64); of a heart attack; in the Argentine province of Corrientes, where he lived in exile. A prosperous cattle rancher and lawyer, Goulart first gained prominence as Brazil's Labor Minister, a post he lost in 1954 after unsuccessfully promoting a 100% increase in the minimum wage. His presidential term was marked by controversy and disorder as he tried to...

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