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fi 2 Gov to wed without Catholic OK Bride's 2 previous marriages must be found 'null and void' By MARCI A KRAMER be considered legal. And the governor, a devout Catholic, probably would not be allowed to accept the sacraments of the church. But although Carey has not yet sought or received the two dispensations necessary from the Catholic Church to marry out of his faith, plans were made yesterday to unite the couple with all the pomp and ceremony attendant on a traditional Greek Orthodox wedding. WHEN CAREY ties the knot with Gouletas next Saturday, his bride will give him a "crown" of white flowers, making him the new "king" of his home. Then Carey will give his hew wife a similar crown, making her his queen.

The ceremony will be held in the Holy Trinity Greek Archdiocesan Cathedral on E. 74th a magnificently decorated church described as the center of liturgical life for members of the Greek Orthodox faith in America. "It's the St. Patrick's Cathedral of Greek Orthodoxy," said a church spokesman. The Rev.

Alex Karloutsos, a spokesman for the chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Church of America, said the Carey-Gouletas nuptials would last about 40 minutes and begin with a betrothal ceremony in which the couple will exchange rings. As they place the gold bands on each other's hands the priest will intone "the servant of God, Hugh, is betrothed to the servant of God, Evangeline." For this, her third wedding, Gouletas will be a vision in pink. How much will the rich Chicago real estate executive her staff went to great pains to stress she is footing the bill for the wedding pay for her gown? Greek designer George Stav-ropoulos was understandably mum on sum. His creations usually go for as much as $3,500. Gov.

Carey will marry his fiancee, Evangeline Gouletas, in a traditional Greek Orthodox ceremony next week without the approval of the Catholic Church. A spokesman for the eight Catholic dioceses of New York State said yesterday that until the Catholic Church is convinced that IouIetas' marriage to her second husband, Evangelos Metax-as, has been canonically dissolved, the governor's marriage will not be considered valid in the eyes of the church. Gouletas' first marriage, to Fotino Kal-las, was annulled and Kallas later died. In a statement concerning the Carey-Gouletas nuptials, the communications directors of the eight state dioceses said: "The Catholic Church would not be able to sanction such a marriage unless a Roman Catholic marriage tribunal, after a proper investigation, would find Miss Gouletas' previous marriages null and void." A SPOKESMAN for the New York Catholic Archdiocese was asked, if, in the eyes of the church, Carey was planning to wed a married woman. "Yes," was the terse reply.

An expert in Roman Catholic law explained that the marriage tribunal would have to go over the circumstances surrounding Gouletas' divorce from Metaxas and the grounds upon which the Greek Orthodox Church granted her an ecclesiastical dissolution in 1971. Such an investigation could take as long as a year, the spokesman explained. He conceded, however, that it might be possible to complete the investigation much sooner if necessary. Until the Catholic Church grants Gouletas what is in effect a second dissolution of the Metaxas marriage, the Carey-Gouletas marriage would not riiwuwiiii' itfi-rmiirnirwTrT Official portrait of Gov. Hugh Carey and bride-to-be Evangeline Gouletas.

Cops probing FDU student's death after fall into Hackensack River By PATRICK CLARK, BRUCE CHADWICK and BOB HERBERT New Jersey police said yesterday that they were continuing to investigate the death of a black Fairleigh Dickinson University freshman who drowned after plunging from a 25-foot-high bridge into the Hackensack River. Bergen County Prosecutor Roger Breslin said yesterday that the death on Thursday afternoon of John Stamcil, 18, still was being considered an accident. He said the investigation remained open. Black students reportedly have charged that two white students threw Stamcil from the bridge to "see if he could swim." Police said Stamcil was sitting on a railing of the Portman Hotel gets fed grant The Reagan administration cleared the way yesterday for construction of the the $292 million Portman Hotel, a 50-story luxury tower that city officials have sought for seven years to spur redevelopment of the Broadway-Times Square area. In Atlanta, jubilant officials of Portman Properties said demolition of buildings now on the site Broadway between 45th and 46th Sts.

could begin as early as this June, with completion coming by mid-1984. The grant of $22 million was made under the so-called Urban Development Action Grant program, a Carter administration-devised program designed to encourage construction in the nation's cities. Over the last seven years. Portman Properties has spent about $30 million acquiring the properties on the west side of Broadway, an assemblage that includes the Piccadilly Hotel, three theaters, a movie house and small stores. The UDAG award is technically a grant to New York City, which in turn will make a 6 mortgage loan to Portman Properties.

Local preservationists have fought the proposed hotel because it involves destruction of the Helen Hayes, the Bijou and Morosco theaters. Actors Equity reportedly is preparing a lawsuit challenging construction of the hotel. 01 footbridge, which joins the university's Teaneck and Hackensack campuses, about 12:15 p.m. Apparently there was "horsing around, and he fell off the railing and he drowned," said a Hackensack detective. Police said Thomas Sheehan and Chris Reinders, classmates of Stamcil, were with him when he fell from the bridge.

They did not attempt to rescue him, police said. SHEEHAN REPORTEDLY TOLD detectives that he and Reinders were inviting Stamcil to lunch when Stamcil suddenly started to sway, then fell off the bridge. Craig Smith, a student who was crossing the bridge at the time, dove into the river but could not bring Stamcil to the surface. Scuba divers from the Bergen County rescue squad pulled his body from the river three hours later. Efforts to reach Reinders and Sheehan were unsuccessful yesterday.

However, Reinders' father said: "Don't you realize how bad he feels about this? He's said everything he had to say to the prosecutor." University officials held several meetings with black and white students over the last two days to dispel rumors and prevent tension from rising. Alan DeGulio, provost of the university's Teaneck campus, said, "From all of our interviews, the best we can judge is that John Stamcil accidentally 'fell from the bridge and was not involved in any sort of altercation with anybody else." Stamcily who lived at 251.11th JS.t. is survived by; his mother and stepf ather. Mr. and Mrs.

John Lovely, and seven brothers and sisters. Legislature to meet on budget Albany (News Bureau) Under heavy pressure from Assembly Speaker Stanley- Fink (D-Brooklyn), Gov. Carey yesterday called a special session of the' Legislature for noon today to negotiate a state budget "I want to publicly thank the governor for saving my marriage," said Assemblyman Anthony Seminario (D-Queens), one of a number of lawmakers who grumbled at the thought of spending a spring weekend indoors in Albany. "If we get a budget together on time, we save his (marriage, File shot Back. 'A 9..