Monday, Dec. 21, 1953

Born. To Bettine Field Goodall Bruce, 30, brunette daughter of Financier-Publisher Marshall Field III, and her second husband, Eldridge Bruce, 36, son of a Negro elevator operator and now a graduate psychology student at the University of London: their first child (her second), a son; in Huntington, N.Y. Name: Eldridge Jr. Weight: 7 lbs. 8 oz.

Married. Lucian Michael Freud, 31, tousled London painter, grandson of the late great Psychiatrist Sigmund Freud; and Lady Caroline Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 22, sister of Britain's Marquess of Dufferin and Ava; he for the second time, she for the first; in London.

Married. Freddie Bartholomew, 32, onetime Hollywood child star (Little Lord Fauntleroy) turned TV director; and Aileen Paul, 32, producer of TV commercials; both for the second time; in Yonkers, N.Y.

Married. Milton Berle, 45, TV funnyman; and Ruth Cosgrove, 32, onetime Manhattan pressagent; each for the third time; in Manhattan.

Divorce Revealed. Emanuel H. (for Hirsch) Bloch, 52, Manhattan lawyer, chief counsel for the late Atom Spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg (TIME, June 29); by Dina Pessin Bloch, fortyish; after eight years of marriage, no children; in Reno, on Nov. 30.

Died. Newell Jefferson ("Jeff") Cravath, 50, onetime (1942-50) University of Southern California football coach whose teams won four Pacific Coast championships before he was ousted because he had "lost the big ones"; of injuries suffered in an auto accident; in Calexico. Calif.

Died. Albert Coates, 71, globetrotting, Russia-born (of British parents) conductor-composer ; in Cape Town, South Africa.

Died. Franklin D'Olier, 76, the American Legion's first national commander (1919-20), president of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America (1938-45) and head of the U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey (1944-46); after long illness; in Morristown, N.J.

Died. Charles G. (for Grey) Grey, 78, co-founder and editor (1911-39) of Britain's top aviation magazine, The Aeroplane (circ. 35,000), and longtime editor of the authoritative annual, Jane's All the World's Aircraft (1916-42) ; of a heart attack; in London.

Died. Jean-Joseph Renaud, 80, French fencing champion at the turn of the century, who refereed more than 100 clandestine (but rarely fatal) duels, spent his spare time turning out 63 popular novels, two full-length plays; in Paris.

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