Born. To Narriman Sadek, 26, former Queen of Egypt, the commoner who dumped ex-King Farouk when the army dethroned him, and Dr. Adham el Nakib, 33, a surgeon: their first child, a son; in Cairo.

Married. Lawrence Durrell, 49, prolific Irish author of The Alexandria Quartet, a four-volume "investigation of modern love" turned out in 9 1/2 months of feverish writing; and Claude Ford, 35, shapely, blonde French-Egyptian writer, linguist and trained electrician, his mistress during six years of poverty and sudden success; he for the third time, she for the second; in London. Durrell's second wife, like his demonic heroine, Justine, was a mysterious Alexandria Jewess, known only as Eve, who now lives in London. Said Claude Ford of last week's marriage: ''Purely a formality.''

Died. Brigadier General Mengistu Newaye, 45, convicted of leading his Ethiopian Imperial Guard into revolt against Emperor Haile Selassie last December; by hanging; in Addis Ababa.

Died. Powel Crosley, Jr., 74, owner of baseball's Cincinnati Reds, manufacturer of low-cost radios and refrigerators and of the midget Crosley auto, a 30-h.p., $800 precursor of the compacts; of a heart attack; in Cincinnati. A onetime chauffeur and telephone repairman who developed the $22 million Crosley Corp., he moved from venture to venture, never earning more than $20 a week until he hit 30. "If I've batted .300, that's lucky," said Crosley, who batted considerably less with his ball club, saw it win but two pennants, finish in the second division 17 times during 27 years as president.

Died. Alexander F. Victor, 82, Swedish-born magician who abandoned his stage career as "The Great Alexander" for another kind of magic, inventing the electric washing machine, the 16-mm. sound movie projector, and some 300 other devices; of cirrhosis; in Monterey, Calif.

Died. Ayatollah Boroujerdi, 89, leader of the Shiites, one of the world's largest Moslem sects, spiritual guide of 70 million believers, chiefly in Iran and Iraq; of a heart attack after fasting for the holy month of Ramadan; in Qum, Iran.

Died. Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 91, the ninth Earl of Shaftesbury, senior member of the House of Lords, a World War I brigadier who served as a private in World War II because his age barred him from a commission, and who, as longtime Lord Steward for King George V, was in charge of everything from giving out alms to keeping the peace among members of the Royal Household staff; after a short illness; in Salisbury, England.

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