Married. First Lieut. Peter Dawkins, 23, Army's 1959 B.M.O.C., a Rhodes scholar at Brasenose College, Oxford; and Judith Wright, 22, University of Maryland alumna who followed him to England as a kindergarten teacher; in West Point's Cadet Chapel.

Divorced. By Vivian Elaine, 40, wide-eyed, adenoidal Miss Adelaide of Guys and Dolls; Milton Rackmil, 58, president of Decca Records and Universal Pictures who, according to Miss Blaine, was "95% business and allotted only 5% of what was left to me"; after two years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles.

Divorced. By Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer Churchill, 50, rambunctious journalist son of Sir Winston; June Hermione Osborne, 38, his second wife, whom he charged with desertion since 1956; after twelve years of marriage, one daughter; in London.

Died. Silliman Evans Jr., 36, brisk, self-assured publisher of the Nashville Tennessean, which he took over from his late father at 30; of a heart attack; while cruising on Tennessee's Old Hickory lake. A printer's devil at eight and the Air Transport Command's youngest World War II pilot at 18, influential Democrat Evans backed Lyndon Johnson for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination, was recently appointed to the Johnson-led President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

Died. Valentine Davies, 55, movie director and writer (The Benny Goodman Story, It Happens Every Spring), who won a 1947 "original story" Oscar for his novel. Miracle on 34th Street, last September became president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; of a heart attack; in Malibu, Calif.

Died. Wallace Geiger, 59, Iowa merchant and husband of investment-minded Bookkeeper Burnice Geiger, who last February was sentenced to 15 years in prison after embezzling $2,155,000 from Iowa's Sheldon National Bank (of which her father was president and her husband a director); of an asthmatic condition; in Sheldon.

Died. John B. (for Bright) Kennedy, 67, radio's pungent Garroway precursor, onetime managing editor of Collier's, who moderated Mutual's folksy People's Rally in the 1930s, gave the first network airing to scores of notables, including Al Smith; following intestinal surgery; in Toronto.

Died. Dr. Charles Edward North, 91, pioneering bacteriologist who coined the phrase "Grade A" during a turn-of-the-century study of the dairy industry that led to the stiffening of milk sanitation standards and a sharp drop in U.S. infant mortality; in Montclair, N.J.

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