Monday, Feb. 15, 1954

Born. To Tony Bennett, 27, rags-to-riches jukebox baritone (Stranger in Paradise), and Patricia Bennett, 21: their first child, a son; in New York. Name: D'Andrea. Weight: 7 Ibs.

Married. Melissa Hayden, 26, Canada-born ballerina of the Ballet Theatre; and Hugh Donald Coleman, 29, associate production stage manager for the company; in New Orleans.

Married. Joan Dulles Molden, 30, daughter of Central Intelligence Director Allen W. Dulles and niece of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles; and Eugen F. (for Ferdinand) Buresch, 38, director of the Austrian Information Service; she for the second time, he for the first; in Manhattan.

Married. Jose Figueres, 47, President of Costa Rica; and blonde Rita Karen Olsen, 24, Danish-born U.S. citizen; he for the second time (his first wife was also an American), she for the first; in San Jose, Costa Rica. In 1948, U.S.-educated Politico Figueres headed a military junta which seized control of the country and held power for 18 months; in July 1953, he was constitutionally elected President.

Married. T. S. (for Thomas Stanley) Matthews, 53, onetime (1943-53) managing editor and editor of TIME; and Martha Gellhorn, 45, journalist and author; both for the second time (her first husband was Novelist Ernest Hemingway); in London.

Died. Maxwell Bodenheim, 60, popular poet and author of the literary '20s (Replenishing Jessica, Naked on Roller Skates) turned alcoholic and derelict; found murdered with his wife in their dingy furnished room; in Manhattan (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS).

Died. Paul Althouse, 64, dramatic tenor who made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1913 at 23, sang leading French and Italian roles until 1922 when he went abroad on tour and "discovered" Wagner, in 1934 returned to the Met a topnotch Wagnerian (Tristan, Lohengrin, Siegfried); after long illness; in Manhattan.

Died. Alberto Braglia, 71, twice holder (1908, 1912) of the Olympic Games title: "Best All-Around Individual in Gymnastics"; of a heart attack; in Modena, Italy.

Died. Battling Nelson, 71, onetime (1908-10) lightweight world boxing champion; of lung cancer; in Chicago. Danish-born Oscar Matthew Nelson, who once went 40 rounds to lose the title to "Ad" Wolgast, always insisted that his 19 defeats (as against 58 victories) were not really defeats, because when the fights were stopped, he was still on his feet.

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