Married. Jane Wyman, 38, Oscar-winning cinemactress (The Lost Weekend, The Glass Menagerie, Johnny Belinda) ; and Fred Karger, 36, Hollywood composer and orchestra leader; she for the third time (her second: Cinemactor Ronald Reagan), he for the second; in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Died. Dixie Lee Crosby, 40, Tennessee-born cinemactress (Fox Follies of 1929, Love in Bloom, Redheads on Parade) who in 1930 married fen obscure singer at Los Angeles' Cocoanut Grove named Harry ("Bing") Crosby; of cancer; in Beverly Hills, Calif. At the time she married Bing, newspapers headlined, DIXIE LEE MARRIES BAND SINGER, and a Hollywood producer warned: "You will have to support him for the rest of your life." As her husband's success grew (he is long since a multimillionaire), she retired from the theatrical limelight, bore four sons. Following an abdominal operation, she got out of bed last week, against doctor's orders, went to the railroad station to welcome Bing back from moviemaking in France. Next day she asked to join the faith of Bing and her four sons, was baptized into the Roman Catholic Church, then sank into a final coma.

Died. Joe H. Palmer, 48, Kentucky-born authority on race horses, editor of American Race Horses annual, whose column "Views of the Turf" in the New York Herald Tribune earned him the title of "the nation's No. i racing writer"; of a coronary thrombosis; in Malverne, N.Y.

Died. John Semer Farnsworth, 59, Annapolis-trained lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy who was cashiered in 1927 when he borrowed money from an enlisted man, then committed perjury by disclaiming indebtedness; in Manhattan. Farnsworth also caused the U.S. Government lively embarrassment when he was convicted in 1937 (and served an eleven-year prison term) for selling Naval secrets to the Japanese for $20,000 over a three-year period. The Japanese Embassy's only comment at the time: "Astonishing!"

Died. Louis Verneuil, 59, French playwright (Affairs of State, Love and Let Love) and author (The Fabulous Life of Sarah Bernhardt); by his own hand; in Paris.

Died. Martin Luther Cannon, 67, North Carolina towel and cotton goods manufacturer, onetime (1916-21) president of Cannon Mills, founder-president of the Martin Cannon Family Foundation, which aids religious and educational institutions; of cancer; in Manhattan.

Died. William ("Billy") Morris Hughes, 88, Australia's World War I Premier and senior statesman of the Commonwealth; of pneumonia; in Sydney, Australia (see FOREIGN NEWS).

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