Another Calling: Former Watergate felon Jeb Magruder,...

Another Calling: Former Watergate felon Jeb Magruder, 55, has been chosen as senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Lexington, Ky. The congregation’s vote was 254-5. Magruder, who graduated from divinity school after his release from prison in 1975, had been executive minister of a church in Columbus, Ohio.

Convicted: Patricia Kluge, estranged wife of billionaire John W. Kluge, was convicted Monday in Charlottesville, Va., of improper driving for swerving to avoid hitting an animal near her country estate. Mrs. Kluge was not seriously injured April 27 when her vehicle went 35 feet down an embankment and flipped 1 1/2 times. Her lawyers argued the rural road is narrow and does not have shoulders, but the judge said people should not swerve uncontrollably for animals.

Whaddya Bid?: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stanley Karnow agreed Monday to sign a contract with Bantam Books for “The Asianization of America.” Karnow’s agent said five major houses had been vying for the book in an auction. The former Washington Post and Time magazine reporter will be paid in the six-figure range. Karnow’s biggest book was “Vietnam: A History,” which is said to have sold 1 million copies.

Recovering: Marilyn Quayle is following her doctor’s advice and curtailing her schedule for up to six weeks after a hysterectomy, a spokeswoman said in Washington, D.C. The wife of Vice President Dan Quayle has received boxes of get-well messages and cards since the surgery July 21. She returned home July 25 and turned 41 Sunday. Pap smears indicated she had a cell abnormality that could develop into cervical cancer.