Born. To Moira Shearer, 37, titian-haired British ballerina-actress (The Red Shoes) and Ludovic Kennedy, 43, radio and TV broadcaster and sometime Liberal politician: their fourth child, first son; in Amersham, Buckingham.

Married. Paul Anka, 21, rock 'n' rolling-in-it boy millionaire; and Anne DeZogheb, 20, Egyptian-born French model; in Paris.

Married. Louis Prima. 51, gravel-voiced bandleader who made such jumpy music with Keely Smith that, until their 1961 divorce, they were the hottest husband-wife act in show biz; and Gia Maione, 21, onetime Howard Johnson's hostess and Prima's new thrush; he for the third time; in Gardnerville, Nev.

Died. Colonel Ketsana Vongsouvanh, 35, second-in-command to Neutralist Laotian Army General Kong Le, one of the original 17 officers who helped Kong Le carry out his 1960 coup d'etat, a man considered violently anti-American until last year when he reportedly began reversing his ideas; by assassination (he was shot in the back while relieving himself behind his home); in Phongsavan at Plaine des Jarres. The murder, widely believed to be the work of the pro-Communist Pathet Lao, happened only 36 hours after Neutralist Premier Souvanna Phouma left on a world tour.

Died. Oskar Helmer, 75, Austrian patriot and former Interior Minister (from 1945 to 1959) a courageous pro-Western Socialist who firmly purged the police and security forces of Communist agents during the post-World War II occupation, thereby helping to avert a Czechoslovakia-style Red takeover of the country; of cancer; in Vienna.

Died. Robert Rice Reynolds, 78, windy former Senator from North Carolina known as "Our Bob" to his admiring constituents and "Buncombe Bob" to his Hill colleagues, who in two terms (1933-45) earned a well-deserved reputation as the Senate's champion international joy-junketer while voting its isolationist line; of cancer; in Asheville, N.C. A charming, five-times-married ladies' man and wise cracking speaker, "Our Bob" finally decided to retire in 1944 when words proved no longer enough, heeding one North Carolinian's remark: "In wartime you've got to give up luxuries. Bob is just about the easiest to give up I can think of."

Died. John Henry Taylor, 91, Britain's grand old man of golf and five-time British Open champion, a fierce yet always gentlemanly competitor who with Countrymen Harry Vardon and James Braid dominated the game in the early 1900s and led in the founding of the Professional Golfers' Association of Great Britain; in Northam, Devon.

This file is automatically generated by a robot program, so reader's discretion is required.