Married. Gail Whitney, 22, daughter of Millionaire Sportsman Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, and Louis Stur, 36, Hungarian-born former economics teacher, now assistant manager of the Sun Valley (Idaho) Lodge, Gail's home since her 1959 divorce from Plymouth Oil Heir Richard Cowell; in Elko, Nevada.

Divorced. Sheppard King III, 35, the Texas playboy who turned Moslem to marry his second wife, an Egyptian belly dancer; by Third Wife Mona Johnson King, 38, a former U.S. Government typist; after five years of marriage, no children; in Juarez, Mexico.

Died. James Melton, 57, handsome strapping (6 ft. 2 1/2 in.), Georgia-born tenor who hit his peak in the 1940s with the Metropolitan Opera and such radio shows as The Telephone Hour; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. A practical-joking extravert who once had an ambulance deliver him to a party on a stretcher. Melton got his first job by bellowing melodically outside the locked office of Impresario Samuel L. ("Roxy") Rothafel, who unlocked the door, hired him on the spot. Almost as well known as his voice was his $250,000 collection of vintage autos, including a one-cylinder 1900 Packard and the 103rd Ford made, a 1903 model.

Died. Victor Sifton, 64, Canadian editor and publisher who controlled the country's second biggest newspaper empire, including the Winnipeg Free Press and the Ottawa Journal, an enthusiastic horseman, World War I battalion commander in the Fourth Canadian Mounted Rifles and University of Manitoba chancellor; of a heart attack; in Winnipeg.

Died. Ernesto Jaen Guardia, 65, Panamanian businessman-diplomat, who "just happened to be in Panama City" when pro-Axis strongman Arnulfo Arias was deposed on Oct. 9, 1941, was promoted by the Cabinet from Second Vice President to President of Panama and served for all of three hours; of a heart attack; in Panama City. Jaen Guardia became president at 1 p.m., bowed out at 4 p.m. the same day after changing his mind and turning the job over to Justice Minister Ricardo de la Guardia.

Died. Air Marshal Sir Leonard Horatio Slatter, 66, South African-born British air group commander in the Battle of the Atlantic during critical 1943, whose Wellington and Halifax bombers helped keep Allied sea lanes open by teaming with Royal Navy sub-killers to sink 61 German U-boats in April and May alone; after a long illness; in Uxbridge, England.

Died. Edward J. Hart, 68, New Jersey Congressman for ten terms and first chairman of the permanent House Un-American Activities Committee in 1945; of a heart attack; in Allenhurst, N.J.

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