Milestones, May 20, 1974

Married. Mary Wilson, 30, only original member still singing with the Supremes, extraordinary exemplars of the "Motown Sound"; and Pedro Antonio Ferrer, 30, the group's Dominican-born road manager; both for the first time; in Las Vegas.

Died. Francis J. O'Malley, 62, legendary English professor known as "Mr. Chips" at the University of Notre Dame; after a brief illness; in South Bend, Ind. O'Malley arrived at Notre Dame in 1928 as a freshman from Clinton, Mass., and stayed there for the rest of his life, living in student residence halls. His unconventional, deeply spiritual approach to literature endeared him to generations of...

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