Milestones: Dec. 15, 1967

Married. Lynda Bird Johnson, 23, and Marine Captain Charles Rohb, 28 (see THE NATION).

Died. Air Force Major Robert H. Lawrence Jr., 31, the first and only Negro named to the LI.S. astronaut team, chosen in June for the manned orbiting laboratory program; on a routine proficiency flight, when his F-104 jet went out of control and slammed into the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., thus making him the ninth fatality among those assigned to the manned spaceflight effort since it began in 1959.

Died. Harry Wismer, 54, veteran sports announcer; of a...