Milestones, Apr. 28, 1952

Married. Rudolf Friml, 67, Bohemian-born composer of schmalzy light operas (The Vagabond King, Rose Marie, The Firefly); and Kay Ling, 39, his Chinese-American secretary; he for the fourth time, she for the first; in San Francisco.

Divorced. Clark Gable, cinemactor, 50; by his fourth wife, British-born Sylvia Gable, 41, blonde onetime chorus girl, onetime Lady Ashley; after two years of marriage, no children; in Santa Monica, Calif. She testified that Gable told her: "I don't wish to be married to you or anyone else."

Divorced. By Xavier Cugat, 51, Spanish-born rumba maestro: Bandleader Lorraine Allen Cugat, 29; after five years of marriage, two...

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