Milestones, Apr. 22, 1974

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Born. To Karim Aga Khan, 37, Harvard-educated spiritual leader of 20 million Ismaili Moslems, who regard him as a 49th-generation direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed, and the Begum Aga Khan, 33, formerly Sarah Croker Poole, a British model: their third child, second_son; in Chambésy, Switzerland. Name: Hussain.

Married. David Birney, 33, and Meredith Baxter, 26, stars of Bridget Loves Bernie, television's ill-fated rehash of Abie's Irish Rose; both for the second time; in Manhattan. Although on the screen Bridget was a Catholic and Bernie a Jew, the couple are both Protestants; they were wed in a traditional Presbyterian ceremony.

Divorced. Harold Connolly, 42, and Olga Fikotova Connolly, 41, both teachers and veteran Olympic athletes; after 17 years of marriage, four children; in Santa Monica, Calif. The Connollys met as gold medalists (he as a U.S. ham-merthrower, she as a Czechoslovak discus thrower) at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and provided the cold war love story of the year when they married and settled in the U.S. despite the protests of Czechoslovak authorities.

Died. Philip Herman Willkie, 54, lawyer, farmer, banker and son of 1940 Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie; of an apparent heart attack; in Rushville, Ind. Willkie found it difficult to escape from his father's shadow. He served in the Indiana House of Representatives but was stymied in further political ambitions, including his self-declared candidacy for the Republican vice-presidential slot in 1960.

Died. Leo George, 59, since 1953 one of the four regional kings who rule the estimated 180,000 gypsies in the U.S.; of a heart attack; in Houston. George made his living in real estate but also arbitrated disputes among members of his Southwest gypsy clan and helped out subjects who ran afoul of the law.

Died. James Cardinal McGuigan, 79, the first English-Canadian cardinal and from 1935 to 1971 Archbishop of Toronto; of a heart attack; in Toronto. In 1930 McGuigan became Archbishop of Regina, Sask.—at 35 the world's youngest archbishop. During the Depression, he sold his bishop's palace to the Franciscans to ease his diocese's heavy debts. In 1946 the soft-spoken cleric was elevated to the College of Cardinals by Pope Pius XII.

Died. Arthur Krock, 87, former New York Times Washington correspondent and columnist whose career spanned six decades (see THE PRESS).