Milestones, Sep. 6, 1954

Divorced. By Gloria de Haven, 28, Hollywood musicomedy singer (Down Among the Sheltering Palms): Manhattan Real Estate Broker Martin S. Kimmel, 38, her second husband (first: Cinemactor John Payne); after fourteen months of marriage, no children; in Las Vegas, Nev.

Died. Raymond M. Eastman, 29, advertising copywriter, author three years ago of a provocative safe-driving tract, Ten Seconds to Live; in an automobile crash, when his Jaguar clipped another car while passing and careered into a bridge; in Atlantic, Iowa.

Died. Captain Joseph McConnell Jr., 32, world's leading jet ace (16 kills in Korea); in a test-flight crash; near Edwards Air Force...

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