Engaged. William L. Calley, 32, former U.S. Army lieutenant whose 1971 conviction for murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians was overturned, then reinstated by the federal courts; and Martha Penelope Vick, 29, buyer for her father's jewelry store in Columbus, Ga., whom Galley met five years ago; in Columbus, where Galley is now on parole, working for a construction company.

Married. The Rev. James E. Groppi, 45, activist Roman Catholic priest who marched for civil rights in the 1960s, against the Viet Nam War in the early 1970s, and later drove a Yellow Cab in Milwaukee to finance his studies at Antioch's Law School; and Margaret Rozga, 30, lecturer and doctoral student in English literature at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee; in a civil ceremony in Las Vegas on April 22. Father Groppi is now excommunicated and banned from performing priestly functions. If the Vatican should give him permission to become a layman, the decree of excommunication could be lifted, and he could eventually be married within the church. Both Groppis hope for absolution and this week have an appointment to talk with Milwaukee Archbishop William Cousins.

Died. Sir Carol Reed, 69, famed British film director who excelled in portraying the loner (Odd Man Out, 1946; The Man Between, 1953) and in melodramas of suspense (Night Train to Munich, 1940); of a heart attack; in London. At 29, Reed won the praise of Critic-Author Graham Greene, with whom he was to collaborate on some of his best and most atmospheric films, notably The Fallen Idol (1948) and The Third Man (1949), starring Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. Sir Carol's first musical, Oliver!, though not a favorite with critics, won an Oscar as the best movie of 1968 and another for him as the best director.

Died. Marshal Andrei Antonovich Grechko, 72, towering Soviet Minister of Defense and a member of the Politburo; of an apparent heart attack; in Moscow (see THE WORLD).

Died. Richard Hughes, 76, Welsh author best known for his 1929 novel A High Wind in Jamaica, a shocking fable about the evil that innocent children can do; of leukemia; in Merioneth, Wales. In the 33 years after A High Wind, a perennial bestseller, Hughes wrote only one novel before he began The Human Predicament, an ambitious trilogy of historical novels set between the World Wars. In The Fox in the Attic (1962), the first volume, England, Germany and the rise of Hitler are seen through the eyes of a young aristocratic liberal, who continues to observe and philosophize about the politics of power in The Wooden Shepherdess (1973). At the time of his death, Hughes was working on the final volume of the trilogy.

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