Monday, Jun. 02, 1958
Born. To Ronald Reagan, 47, cinemactor turned TV host (General Electric Theater), and Nancy Davis Reagan, 33: their first son, second child (he also has two children by his previous marriage to Actress Jane Wyman); in Los Angeles. Name: Ronald Prescott.
Married. Marilyn Buferd, 33, reedy (5 ft. 8 in., 123 Ibs.) Miss America of 1946, who made a small splash in the Italian cinema (Al Diavolo La Celebrita); and Hans Orton, Los Angeles restaurateur; she for the second time, he for the first; in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Married. Mylene Demongeot, 22, French cinemactress (Bonjour Tristesse); and movie Photographer Henri Coste, 32; both for the first time; in Palavas-les Flots, France.
Divorced. George Vanderbilt, 43, great-great-grandson of Railroad Tycoon Cornelius ("Commodore") Vanderbilt, sportsman, big game hunter; by Anita Zabala Howard Vanderbilt, 53, onetime wife of Sportsman Lindsay Howard; after nearly twelve years of marriage, no children; in Honolulu.
Died. William H. Francis Jr., 43, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Personnel and Reserve (since April 1957), Houston lawyer, longtime behind-the-scenes power in Texas Republican politics, World War II intelligence captain on Ike's staff; of a heart attack after playing tennis; in Washington, D.C. An advocate of higher military pay scales placing "major emphasis on achievement rather than on total years of service," Francis argued for the measure before a Senate subcommittee. It was enacted into law last week.
Died. Michael J. ("Umbrella Mike") Boyle, 77, tough longtime boss of Chicago's electrical workers, who twice (1921 and 1937) threw the city into blackout paralysis; of a heart attack; in Miami. Boyle was nicknamed for his tactful method of collecting bribes; in Johnson's saloon, his unofficial headquarters on West Madison Street, he would hang his big cotton bumbershoot on the edge of the bar, discuss terms with "clients," disappear while they slipped the cash into the umbrella. One reported result: when the law wanted to know how he had managed to save $350,000 in eight years on his $50-a-week salary, Umbrella Mike replied, "With great thrift."
Died. Benjamin Franklin White, 85, patriarch of harness racing, only four-time winner of trotting's highest honor, the Hambletonian; in Orlando, Fla. Ontario-born Ben White started wintering horses in Florida during the '205, founded Orlando's municipally owned Ben White Raceway, harness racing's winter-training capital.
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