Milestones Jul. 13, 1998

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NAMED. STEPHEN G. SMITH, 49, editor of National Journal; as editor of U.S. News & World Report; in Washington. Smith replaces James Fallows, who held the job for 22 months.

SEPARATING. Massachusetts Congressman BARNEY FRANK, 58, and his partner of more than 10 years, HERB MOSES, 41, formerly an executive at the Federal National Mortgage Association.

IDENTIFIED. MICHAEL J. BLASSIE, 1st lieutenant shot down over Vietnam, whose remains had been interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for 14 years; by the Pentagon, with the aid of DNA testing; in Washington.

DIED. FRANK ROWLETT, 90, nimble-minded cryptographer who cracked a Japanese diplomatic code used to encrypt dispatches between Tokyo and Japan's ambassador in Berlin during World War II; in Gaithersburg, Md. One of the messages Rowlett and his team deciphered detailed German defenses against the anticipated Allied invasion of Berlin.

DIED. FRANK SCOTT, 80, silver-tongued superagent to sports stars of yesteryear; in Livingston, N.J. Scott was the first agent to prove that his clients could pitch a product as well as a ball, shagging Yogi Berra Yoo-Hoo commercials, Roger Maris a gig for Camel cigarettes and Mickey Mantle a spot on an early box of Wheaties.

DIED. MARION CARL, 83, intrepid World War II flying ace and postwar test pilot; during a robbery of his home; in Roseburg, Ore. One of the Marine Corps' most highly decorated pilots, Carl shot down 16 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal and flew combat missions in Vietnam while in his 50s. He set an air-speed record in 1947, soon eclipsed when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier two months later.