Milestones, Oct. 7, 1974

Married. Edsel Bryant Ford II, 25, only son of Ford Motor Co. Boss Henry Ford II and, after a five-year effort, the only college graduate (Babson) in four generations of Ford magnates; and Cynthia Layne Neskow, 23, daughter of retired Navy Captain Robert Neskow, who is Perry Como's dentist; both for the first time; in Tequesta, Fla.

Died. Jacqueline Susann, 53, strong-willed author whose creative caldron boiled over with lucrative tales of sex-and drug-happy celebrity types; of cancer; in Manhattan. The daughter of a successful portrait painter, Susann took up writing after an undistinguished stage career. But in her extensive promotional tours...

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