Died. Bernard Marmaduke Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk, 66; in his sleep; on his estate in Sussex, England. As Earl Marshal of England, the duke choreographed royal weddings and funerals with such clockwork precision that he complained that Winston Churchill's state funeral was "two minutes late." Asked once by a newsman how he felt about work, the duke replied, "It has never appealed to me." -

Died. Antonin Novotny, 70, former President and Communist Party boss of Czechoslovakia; of a heart attack; in Prague. Named secretary of the Central Committee in 1951, Novotny helped engineer show trials of high-ranking party leaders, which resulted in the execution of, among others, his old friend, Party Boss Rudolf Slansky. Succeeding to power in 1953, he ruled with an iron hand, slavishly aping Moscow policy. Ousted in the "Prague spring" of 1968, Novotny spent his last years cut off from control; his death was marked by a five-line communique from the Central Committee.

Died. Vivien Kellems, 78, businesswoman and tax rebel; of pneumonia; in Santa Monica, Calif. After severing a brief 1918 marriage--her first and last --Kellems set up a cable-grip factory with a brother in 1927 and built it into a profitable firm. Fiercely combative, she began a 26-year feud with the IRS in 1948 by refusing to collect withholding taxes from her employees, later campaigned against tax discrimination favoring married people over singles, claiming last year that the Government owed her $48,000 illegally collected "just because I have no husband."

Died. Arthur Judson, 93, a founder of CBS and for decades the American classical music impresario; in Rye, N. Y. After becoming the manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1915, Judson also took on the New York Philharmonic in 1921. In 1926 he bought an interest in a moribund radio station to provide an outlet for his musician clients, nursed it through near bankruptcy, and built it into the Columbia Broadcasting System. "King Arthur's" power in the music world receded gradually after 1936, but he remained active as an impresario well into his 80s.

Died. Ida Fuller, 100, first Social Security recipient (number: 000-00-0001); in Brattleboro, Vt. A classmate of Calvin Coolidge's, Miss Fuller was docked a total of $22 in Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes, got 421 monthly installments totaling $20,940.85 from Uncle Sam since January 1940, when she received America's first Social Security check--for $22.54.

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