Milestones, Jan. 25, 1954

Married. Marilyn Monroe, 27, blonde calendar girl turned cinemactress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes); and Joseph Paul (Joe) DiMaggio, 39, onetime home-run king of U.S. baseball's pennant-winning New York Yankees; both for the second time; in San Francisco.

Marriage Revealed. Keenan Wynn, 37, Hollywood comedian (Kiss Me Kate); and Sharley Jean Hudson, 21; he for the third time, she for the first; in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Jan. 8.

Divorced. Johnnie Ray, 27, sobbing crooner-composer (The Little White Cloud That Cried); by Marilyn Morrison Ray, 23, daughter of a Hollywood nightclub owner; after 19 months of marriage, a year's separation; in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

Died....

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