Monday, May. 23, 1977
Born. To Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 25, second-ranked woman tennis player in the world, and Roger Cawley, 27, a London metals broker: their first child, a daughter; in Beaufort, S.C.
Name: Kelly Inalla.
Died. Mauricio Borgonovo, 37, Foreign Minister of El Salvador who was kidnaped by leftist guerrillas last month; shot to death by his abductors; found on a road outside San Salvador. The killing of Borgonovo was one of many assassinations committed by both terrorist and government groups in the wake of the country's questionable February elections claimed by the military-backed government party. The wealthy businessman was kidnaped by members of the Farabundo Marti Popular Liberation Front, which demanded the release of 37 political prisoners in ex change for his life. When President Arturo Armando Molina refused to negotiate, the leftist group announced that Borgonovo had been "executed in a revolutionary war to establish socialism."
Died. Harry Gordon Johnson, 53, Keynesian economist and professor at the University of Chicago and the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Switzerland; after a long illness; in Geneva. An expert on international finance, Johnson frequently attacked the monetarist school of economists. He believed unemployment was a greater social problem than inflation and at times espoused both devaluation of the dollar and a guaranteed minimum income.
Died. James Jones, 55, prolific au thor, likely to be best remembered for From Here to Eternity; of heart disease; in Southampton, N.Y. (see BOOKS).
Died. Joan Crawford, seventyish, strong-willed actress who rose from cho rus girl to grande dame of the screen; of a heart attack; in Manhattan (see SHOW BUSINESS).
Died. Prince Xavier de Borbon y Parma, 87, patriarch of the Carlist family of pretenders to the Spanish throne; of a heart attack; in Chur, Switzerland. Distant cousins of King Juan Carlos, Xavier's family fought and lost two civil wars for the crown during the 19th century; the prince was heir to their romantic lost cause. Although the Roman Catholic Carlists supported Franco during the Spanish Civil War, the generalissimo refused to recognize their dynastic claims and subsequently expelled Prince Xavier from the country. In recent years, a family feud between Xavier's sons--Leftist Prince Hugo and Traditionalist Prince Sixto--has divided the Carlist Party. Their father's death is expected to deepen this schism.
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