Milestones: Sep. 29, 1961

Married. Jules Feiffer, 32, bestselling (Sick, Sick, Sick) cartoonist whose syndicated strip, Feiffer, satirizes the foibles of a generation bugged by Freud, Zen and the H-bomb; and Judith Sheftel, 31, American Heritage editor; in Manhattan.

Married. Theodore Samuel ("Ted") Williams, 43, longtime Boston Red Sox slugger ("I'm still probably as good a hitter as there is around") turned Sears, Roebuck sales promotion star; and Lee Howard, 36, beauteous, blonde fashion model; both for the second time; in Cambridge, Mass.

Married. Alfred Corning Clark, 45, multimillionaire scion of the Singer Sewing Machine clan; and Alicja Darr (nee Kopczynska) Purdom, 30,...

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