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 Juarez, 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 retired in midcareer, wound up his last column (Sept. 16, 1947) with: "Don't you think a lot more people ought to go fishing?"

Died. Mme. Mary Astor Paul Allez, 61, onetime Philadelphia society belle whose wartime services (directing espionage, harboring Allied airmen, transmitting messages to U.S. agents), as a member ("Pauline") of the French underground, won her the U.S. Medal of Freedom and a Chevalier's ribbon in France's Legion of Honor; of cancer; in Paris.

Died. William George Helis, 63, "The Golden Greek," onetime immigrant dishwasher who struck it rich in Louisiana oil, became a behind-the-scenes power in Louisiana politics (he backed the Longs and their friends, including New Orleans' onetime Mayor Robert Sidney Maestri, involved with Helis in 1939's "hot oil" scandals); of a lung ailment; in Baltimore. Helis was a big spender, a big horseman, a sturdy Democrat who contributed liberally to Harry Truman's 1948 campaign.

Died. Arthur Ungar, 64, editor since its founding (1933) of Hollywood's captious, oracular Daily Variety; of a heart attack; in Del Mar, Calif.

Died. Louis Edgar Fairchild, 81, co-founder (with older brother Edmund Wade Fairchild, who died in 1949) and board chairman of Fairchild Publications (such trade-dominating trade journals as Women's Wear Daily, Men's Wear, Daily News Record); in Port Jefferson, N.Y.

Died. Austin Eugene ("Cap") Lathrop, 84, Alaskan multimillionaire (coal mines, canneries, newspapers, radio stations, etc.), stiff-necked opponent of Alaskan statehood; in Suntrana, Alaska. Born on a Michigan farm, Lathrop made his first big Alaskan profits (and was nicknamed Cap) when he bought into a two-masted schooner and tapped the rich Gold Rush traffic. He developed Alaska's biggest coal mine; built its biggest radio station; became, reputedly, its richest citizen.

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