Monday, Jan. 01, 1973

Married. Victoria Ormsby Gore, 26, daughter of David Ormsby Gore, fifth Baron Harlech and Britain's former Ambassador to the U.S. (1961-65); and Julian Lloyd, 25, horse trainer, occasional model and photographer; both for the first time and about a month after the birth of their first child, a daughter; in Selattyn, England.

Married. William Zeckendorf, 67, former $25-a-week building manager who wheeled and dealed his way into control of one of the world's largest real-estate empires (Webb & Knapp, Inc.), then watched the bottom fall out in 1965; and Alice Bache, 60-ish, widow of Securities Magnate Harold (Bache & Co.); both for the third time; in Manhattan.

Died. Neilia Biden, 30, wife of U.S. Senator-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat who last November defeated Incumbent J. Caleb Boggs to become at 29 the second youngest man ever elected to the U.S. Senate; and their 18-month-old daughter; in an automobile accident; in Hockessin, Del.

Died. Horace Mann Bond, 68, energetic Southern educator and father of Georgia State Representative Julian Bond; after a long illness; in Atlanta. The first black president of Pennsylvania's Lincoln University, Bond was an early critic of IQ tests, which he regarded as culturally biased in favor of affluent whites. An authority on Negro writing and history, he provided much of the research used by N.A.A.C.P. lawyers during the school desegregation cases of the mid '50s.

Died. Charles Leo ("Gabby") Hartnett, 72, star Chicago Cubs catcher for 19 seasons (1922-40) and member of baseball's Hall of Fame; of cirrhosis of the liver; in Park Ridge, Ill. A portly, good-humored player once spurned by the pros because of his small hands, Hartnett played in more than 1,900 games for the Cubs, set a lifetime batting average of .297, and in his heyday was widely considered the best catcher in the game.

Died. Gerhard Kuentscher, 72, German surgeon who in 1939 developed a novel means of setting bone fractures; of a heart attack; in Gluecksburg, West Germany. Kuentscher's innovation was to drill a hole lengthwise into each section of a broken bone, then insert a metal pin to join the break. The stability of the pin led to quicker recovery, and after winning adherents during World War II, the technique has been widely adopted by orthopedic surgeons, particularly for athletes, who break bones often and whose speedy recovery may be vital to a team's success.

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