Milestones, Aug. 7, 1950

Married. Bette Davis, 42, veteran cinemactress (Of Human Bondage); and Gary Merrill, 35, up & coming cinemactor (Twelve O' Clock High); she for the fourth time, he for the second; in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico (see PEOPLE).

Married. Louis Sobol, 53, Manhattan columnist whose meandering "New York Cavalcade" appears daily in 20 newspapers; and Peggy Strohl, thirtyish, Manhattan pressagent; each for the second time; in Santa Barbara, Calif.

Died. Paul Raymond Mallon, 49, onetime Washington columnist, whose syndicated "News Behind the News" was read by millions; of a heart ailment; in Alexandria, Va. He...

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