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Milestones, Jan. 17, 1949

Born. To Lauren Bacall, 24, leggy cinemactress (To Have and Have Not, Key Largo), and Humphrey Bogart, 48, cinema tough-guy (Treasure of Sierra Madre, Key Largo): their first child, a son; in Los Angeles. Name: Stephen Humphrey. Weight: 6 Ibs. 6 oz.

Married. Wanda Hendrix, 20, green-eyed, up & coming cinemactress (Ride the Pink Horse, Miss Tatlock's Millions); and Audie Murphy, 24, rookie cinemactor and World War II's most beribboned U.S. soldier (18 medals and decorations, plus the Medal of Honor); in Los Angeles.

Died. Tommy Handley, 55, Britain's No. 1 radio comic and a favorite of the royal family (George VI persuaded...

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