Milestones

By Kathleen Adams, Harriet Barovick, Daniel Levy, Lina Lofaro, David Spitz, Flora Tartakovsky and Chris Taylor

SENTENCED. LEROY SCHWEITZER, 61, leader of the Freemen, the anti-government, anti-black and anti-Jewish group best known for its 81-day standoff with law-enforcement officials in 1996; to 22 1/2 years in prison; on charges including bank fraud and illegal possession of firearms; in Billings, Mont. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour, who said he wanted to send a "loud and clear message to those who pass this hatred...around," also handed stiff sentences to six of Schweitzer's comrades.

RECOVERING. LOUIS FARRAKHAN, 65, controversial leader of the Nation of Islam; from prostate-cancer treatment and the flu; in Chicago. He plans to take a four-month sabbatical from the organization.

DIED. ERNEST GOLD, 77, Vienna-born Oscar-winning composer who wrote scores for It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Exodus, among other films; of a stroke; in Santa Monica, Calif. Gold broke into Hollywood in the mid-1940s, writing music for low-budget movies for Columbia Pictures.

DIED. MARVIN KRIEGER, 78, U.S. World War II fighter turned judge at the Nuremberg trials; in San Diego, Calif. After retiring from the Army in 1971 with myriad honors, including a Bronze Star for his role in the D-day invasion, Krieger taught law at the University of San Diego.

DIED. HARRY CALLAHAN, 86, innovative photographer who celebrated the ordinary; of cancer; in Atlanta. Callahan got his start in photography when he joined the camera club at his then workplace, Chrysler Motors. The self-effacing Midwesterner soon took to shooting city streets, clouds, pedestrians and, most memorably, his wife Eleanor. Influenced by Ansel Adams and Alfred Stieglitz, Callahan infused his images with stark lines and contrasts. After teaching at the Bauhaus-inspired Institute of Design in Chicago, he ran the photography arm at the Rhode Island School of Design (see Appreciation, below).