Milestones, Oct. 10, 1955

Married. Barbara Benson, 21, eldest daughter of Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson; and Dr. Robert Harris Walker, 33, Canadian surgeon; in a Mormon ceremony performed by the Secretary, a member of the Council of Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints; in the Salt Lake City Temple.

Married. Eddie Fisher, 27, wavy-haired TV and jukebox (I Believe) star; and Debbie Reynolds (real name: Mary Frances Reynolds), 23, kittenish cinemactress (Hit the Deck); in a surprise finish to a loudly publicized, twelvemonth, on-again-off-again romance; in Grossinger, N.Y. Then they...

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