Married. Bess Myerson, 22, musically ambitious Miss America of 1945 (5 ft. 10 in.); and Allan Wayne, 27, doll company executive, ex-Army Captain (6 ft. 1 in.); in White Plains, N.Y.

Married. Lieut. Edward John Behn (rhymes with lean), U.S.N.R., 23, aide to the Chief Allied Commissioner for Italy, son of I.T. & T.'s canny president Sosthenes Behn; and Francesca Brigida Sapuppo, 21, daughter of the late Baron . Sapuppo, onetime Italian Minister to Denmark; both for the first time; in Rome.

Divorced. Lord Burghley, 41, sports-loving heir to the Marquess of Exeter, winner of the 400-meter hurdles at the 1928 Olympics, who went out to Bermuda to become its youngest governor (1943-45); by Lady Mary Theresa Burghley, 42, sister of the Duchess of Gloucester; after 17 years of marriage, three children; in London.

Died. Admiral Russell Randolph Waesche (rhymes with "may she"), 60, the Coast Guard's commandant (1936-45) and first full admiral, who saw his "Hooligan Navy" multiply more than tenfold and become a powerful auxiliary of World War II invasion forces; of a heart ailment; in Bethesda, Md.

Died. Sir Percy Elly ("Chin") Bates, 67, long-jawed, longtime chairman of the Cunard White Star Line, who advocated, planned and finally saw constructed the giant liners Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth ; of a heart attack, a few hours before he was to board the Queen Elizabeth for her maiden peacetime voyage (see BUSINESS) ; in London.

Died. Thomas ("Tom") Pettitt, 86, British-born, mustachioed grand old man of court tennis; in Newport, R. I. A onetime locker-boy for the first U.S. court-tennis court (in Boston), he taught himself the ancient, highly specialized game (played in large, complicated, enclosed courts, with pear-shaped racquets and complex rules), revolutionized classic court style with his smashing drives ("When I get a fair sight of the ball, I hit it, and I hit it damned hard"). Tom Pettitt made both court-tennis history and legend, in his heyday was reputed to have defeated many an opponent while using a bottle instead of a racquet. In 1885 he won the world's championship, successfully defended his title until he resigned in 1890, for 66 years served the famed Newport Casino as superintendent and grand panjandrum of tennis courts.

Died. Princess Ebba Bernadotte, 87, onetime lady-in-waiting at the Swedish Court, morganatic wife of King Gustav's younger brother Oscar Carl August, mother of Swedish Red Cross president Count Folke Bernadotte; in Stockholm.

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