Milestones, Sep. 17, 1951

Born. To William Wellman, 55, Hollywood producer-director (Nothing Sacred), and Fourth Wife Dorothy Coonan Wellman, 37: their seventh child, fourth daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Margaret Seven Wellman. Weight: 6 Ibs. 7 oz.

Married. Leonard Bernstein, 33, conductor and composer (Fancy Free ballet; the Jeremiah and Age of Anxiety symphonies); and Felicia Montealegre, 24, Chile-born TV actress; in Boston.

Married. Cornel Wilde, 36, cinemactor (Forever Amber), and Jean Wallace (nee Walasek), supporting player more widely publicized for her off-screen capers; he for the second time, she for the third (No. 1: Franchot Tone); in Santa Monica.

Died....

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