Milestones, Sep. 8, 1952

Married. William Warfield, 32, Negro baritone of cinema (Show Boat) and stage (Porgy and Bess); and Leontyne Price, 25, Negro soprano (Porgy and Bess); in Manhattan.

Divorced. By Olivia de Havilland, 36, cinemactress who has twice won Oscars (To Each His Own, The Heiress): Marcus Aurelius Goodrich, 54, hot-tempered one-shot novelist (Delilah); on their sixth wedding anniversary; in Los Angeles. To back up her charge of "incompatibility" Olivia explained to the court that Goodrich 1) never told her he had had four previous wives, 2) had not worked since their marriage, 3) "took exception to something I said . . . said...

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