Born. To Benson Ford, 30, vice president of the Ford Motor Co., head of the Lincoln-Mercury Division, and Edith Mc-Naughton Ford, 29, daughter of a onetime Cadillac Motor Car official: their first child, a son; in Detroit. Name: Benson Jr. Weight: 5 Ibs. 15 oz.

Born. To William Franklin ("Billy") Talbert, 31, fourth-ranking U.S. National Amateur tennis player and Davis Cupper, and second wife Nancy Pike Talbert, 26: their first child, a son; in Manhattan. Name: William Pike. Weight, 7 Ibs. 3 oz.

Died. Robert Emmet Hannegan, 46, whose rise from St. Louis ward boss to a key spot in the Democratic Party helped put Harry Truman in the White House; of a heart ailment; in St. Louis. As a St. Louis party whip, Hannegan backed Senator Truman's renomination in the 1940 Missouri primary; as chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1944-47). he led the fourth-term fight, persuaded F.D.R. to drop Henry Wallace as running mate and pressured the convention into picking Truman. Rewarded with the postmaster-generalship (1945), Hannegan i resigned his political jobs a year later to head a syndicate which bought the St. Louis Cardinals. He sold his interest last January for a reported $1,000,000.

Died. George Bertram ("Deac") Parker. 63, editor in chief since 1927 of all Scripps-Howard newspapers (19 dailies in ! 18 states), 1936 Pulitzer Prizewinner for , distinguished editorial writing; of an internal hemorrhage; in Washington.

Died. Bert Henry Miller, 69, Idaho's freshman Democratic Senator elected last November, onetime State Supreme Court Justice; of a heart ailment; in Washington.

Died. William Larimer Mellon, 81. multimillionaire banking and oil tycoon and member of the famed Mellon family (his uncle, Andrew W. Mellon, was onetime Secretary of the Treasury, his cousin is Banker Richard King Mellon--TIME. Oct. 3); in Pittsburgh. He helped organize Gulf Oil Corp. in 1907, developed it into the world's fourth largest oil producer (total assets: $1,191,004,087).

Died. Matt Joseph ("Colonel") Winn. 88, impresario of the Kentucky Derby, who ballyhooed what was once a pip-squeak. Dixie picnic into one of the U.S. racing classics (worth $100,000 to three-year-olds and over $8,000,000 annually to Louisville merchants); after an operation; in Louisville. A straight-bourbon man, Horseman Winn credited his longevity to the fact that he never drank until noon, boasted that after taking over Churchill Downs in 1902, he never placed a bet (although he introduced the pari-mutuel betting machine) or owned a horse.

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