Presumed Dead. Charles G. Reid, 42, captain of Moore-McCormack Lines' cruise ship S.S. Argentina, who joined the company in 1949 as a junior officer, later skippered freighters before taking command of passenger vessels three years ago; after vanishing mysteriously from his ship (Moore-McCormack says he apparently committed suicide by jumping out his cabin window) en route from Jamaica to Bermuda.

Died. Sir Harold Raggatt, 68, long-time director of Australia's Bureau of Mineral Resources (1942-51) and Department of National Development (1951-64); of a heart attack; in Canberra. Sir Harold planned the first complete geological survey of the continent, welcomed foreign capital for development of the desolate Out Back, eventually saw it all pay off as enough oil and gas were discovered to make Australia almost self-sufficient by 1970.

Died. Ramon Novarro, 69, silent film star, who in the 1920s vied with Rudolph Valentino as the screen's great Latin lover; of injuries suffered when he was bludgeoned in the bedroom of his home; in Hollywood Hills, Calif. Though only 5 ft. 8 in. tall, the handsome Mexican was a giant at the box office. In his 14-year career, he played opposite such leading ladies as Greta Garbo and Myrna Loy, appeared in scores of films, including The Prisoner of Zenda (1922) and Ben-Hur (1926), before fading out in the mid-1930s.

Died. Joseph Lewis, 79, indefatigable atheist, whose quixotic battles with organized religion spanned nearly half a century; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. Dedicating his life to "throwing off the dead hand of religious superstition," Lewis in more than 15 books inveighed against religious holidays, the insertion of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, and even the issuance of a special stamp at Christmastime.

Died. Rollie B. Hall, 86, who with his brothers Joyce and William founded Hallmark Cards, Inc., biggest manufacturer of greeting cards; in Kansas City, Mo. Rollie was the salesman of the team that started printing postcards with a $474 investment in 1907, then, by dreaming up greetings or condolences for every occasion, grew into a firm that now produces more than 7,000,000 cards a day, with an estimated annual sale of $200 million. Died. Edward R. Burke, 87, Democratic Senator from Nebraska from 1935-41, who started as a New Dealer, but soon opposed F.D.R.'s attempts to pack the Supreme Court, levy a progressive income tax, and protect labor unions, thus losing his party's nomination in 1940; in Kensington, Md.

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