Monday, Feb. 27, 1956

Born. To King Hussein of Jordan, 20, and Cambridge-educated Queen Sherifa Dina Abdul Hamid el-Aoun, 26, onetime lecturer in English literature at Cairo University: their first child, a daughter; in Amman. Weight: 8 Ibs. 12 oz.

Married. Willie Mays, 24, New York Giants star centerfielder, who was ticketed for speeding to the ceremony; and Marghuerite Wendelle, 27, model; he for the first time, she for the second (her first: Bill Kenny, member of the Ink Spots quartet); in Elkton, Md.

Marriage Revealed. Terry Moore (real name: Helen Luella Koford), 27, cinemactress (King of the Khyber Rifles); and Eugene C. McGrath, 33, Panama insurance broker; both for the second time (her first: Footballer Glenn Davis); on New Year's Day, in Las Vegas, Nev.

Married. Hal March, 35, quizmaster of TV's $64,000 Question; and Candy Toxton (real name: Florence Tochstein), 30, onetime cinemactress; he for the first time, she for the second (her first: Crooner Mel Torme); in Las Vegas, Nev.

Married. Tran Trung Dung, 42, Vietnamese Deputy Minister for National Defense since March 1955; and Nguyen Thi Hoang Anh ("The Nightingale"), 21, doll-like niece of Premier Ngo Dinh Diem; in a Roman Catholic ceremony; in Hue, Viet Nam.

Died. Ezio Vanoni, 52, Italy's Budget Minister and Acting Treasury Minister; of a cerebral hemorrhage, after finishing a Senate address; in Rome. One of the builders of the Christian Democratic Party, Vanoni entered politics during the resistance, served in nearly every Cabinet since 1947. Among his achievements: the introduction of Italy's income-tax return, a ten-year plan to provide jobs for Italy's 2,000,000 chronically unemployed.

Died. George Kite, 58, royal chimney sweep, whose firm of Kite & Sons, founded by his grandfather (who swept for Queen Victoria) and continued by his father (who swept for Edward VII), held the royal warrant for sweeping Windsor Castle's 300 chimneys; of pneumonia; in Windsor, England. With a staff of three (including his son, who will continue the family trade), Kite also swept Eton College and the Queen Mother's royal lodge.

Died. Wilson McCarthy, 71, president of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad since 1947, Western director of the old Reconstruction Finance Corp. (1932-34); in Salt Lake City.

Died. James B. Macelwane, S.J., 72, world-famed seismologist, dean of St. Louis University's Institute of Technology, president of the American Geophysical Union, author (Theoretical Seismology); of a liver infection; in St. Louis. A top authority on earthquakes, Jesuit Macelwane developed a system for tracking hurricanes, pioneered in the use of the seismograph to detect oil deposits.

Died. Admiral Sir Walter Henry Cowan, 84, Commander (1917-20) of the Grand Fleet's 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, Naval Aide-de-Camp (1930-31) to George V; of pneumonia; in Leamington, England.

Died. Gustave Charpentier, 95, French composer (the romantic opera Louise which was premiered in 1900, the orchestral suite Impressions of Italy); in Paris

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