Milestones, Jul. 3, 1950

Married. Georges Simenon, 47, prolific (more than 350 books) Belgian-born French novelist now living in California; and Denise Ouimet, 30, his secretary; he for the second time; in Reno, the day after his divorce (after 27 years of marriage, one son) from Regine Simenon, 50.

Marriage Revealed. Lena Horne, 32, sultry-voiced café au lait nightclub and cinema songstress (Words and Music); and Lennie Hayton, 42, onetime M-G-M music director; both for the second time; in Paris, in December 1947.

Died. Peyton Boswell Jr., 45, editor and publisher of the twice-monthly Art Digest, biographer of...

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