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Though he passed on the stuffing during his Thanksgiving meal, he admits sheepishly that he “did indulge in a bit of birthday cake” for dessert. Summers turned 49 on Sunday...
DIED. KEN BRETT, 55, former major league baseball pitcher and brother of Hall of Famer George Brett; of brain cancer; in Spokane, Wash. One month after his 19th birthday, in 1967, Brett became the youngest pitcher to take the mound in a World Series game--a record that still stands--when he threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the Boston Red Sox against the St. Louis Cardinals...
Last week, romping in a yellow frock, the Princess Elizabeth passed her third birthday. She does not know that she is but three removes from the Throne; in fact, she has only very recently discovered that she is a "P'incess." It is barely a fortnight ago that she knocked with chubby fist upon a door, and when her mother called "Who's there?" answered in an important little voice, "Lilybet, the P'incess" ... Presents for their daughter are more of a problem to the Duke & Duchess of York than to the parents of most three-year-olds. For example...
...rapid-fire trio of student suicides at New York University this fall has focused attention on the problem. On Sept. 12, a day after celebrating his 20th birthday, Jack Skolnik of Evanston, Illinois, leaped to his death from the 10th-floor inner balcony of the campus library...
...Affable and self-effacing, Matsui certainly has the quickest smile east of Yokohama. On this brisk, autumn afternoon in downtown Tokyo, he wears it with a black velvet blazer, a black silk shirt and the gold peace medallion his wife, Mio, gave him in October for his 28th birthday...