Married. James A. Pike, 55, iconoclastic Episcopal cleric who resigned as Bishop of the California Diocese in 1966 to pursue philosophical research; and Diane Kennedy, 30, who met Pike two years ago in Berkeley and collaborated with him on his most recent book, The Other Side, an account of his spiritualistic adventures in trying to contact his dead son; she for the first time, he for the third (his first marriage was annulled in 1941, his second ended in divorce); in what Pike termed an "ecumenical Christian service" at a Methodist church in San Jose, Calif.

Divorced. Peter Sellers, 43, Britain's bumbling prince of the clowns (The Pink Panther, Dr. Strangelove); by Britt Ecklund, 25, sometime Swedish actress; on uncontested grounds of cruelty; after nearly five years of marriage, one child; in London.

Divorced. Sammy Davis Jr., 43, diminutive, jumping jack-of-all show business and one of the world's highest-paid Negro entertainers; by May Britt, 31, lissome Swedish actress, on grounds of mental cruelty; after eight years of marriage, three children, two of them adopted; in Santa Monica, Calif.

Died. John Steinbeck, 66, one of this century's greatest American authors (see BOOKS).

Died. Earl Eisenhower, 70, younger brother of former President Dwight Eisenhower, who once served a term in the Illinois State Legislature; of a heart attack; in Scottsdale, Ariz. A staid businessman for 35 years, Earl plunged into politics in 1964, was top Republican vote getter in an unprecedented at-large election for the Illinois House of Representatives. Two years later he ran for clerk of heavily Democratic Cook County. He lost by a substantial margin and retired to Arizona.

Died. Colonel Segismundo Casado, 75, Spanish Loyalist officer who in the closing days of the Civil War seized Madrid and surrendered the city to Franco in hopes of ending the bloodshed; of a heart attack; in Madrid. One of the few professional officers to march under the Loyalist banner, Casado was nevertheless distrustful of the Communists in Loyalist forces; in 1939, when the Reds vowed to defend Madrid to the death, he turned on his former allies and imprisoned their leaders, thus effectively ending the battle.

Died. Norman Thomas, 84, grand old Socialist and social critic (see THE NATION).

Died. Jess Willard, 86, ex-heavyweight champ and boxing's "Great White Hope" in the early 1900s (see SPORT).

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