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Resisting the temptation to turn immediately back to San Francisco International, Kimes decided to head instead for Travis Air Force Base, some 40 miles to the southwest, which had a longer runway (11,000 ft. v. 9,700 ft. at San Francisco International). As gently as possible, he put the...
Divorced. Merle Travis, 46, hillbilly singing star and songwriter, (Sixteen Tons and I'm Sick and Tired of You, Little Darlin'); by Bettie Lou Travis, 40; on uncontested grounds of mental cruelty; after eight years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles.
Died. Quentin Reynolds, 62, journalist, war correspondent and author of 24 books (Dress Rehearsal, The Curtain Rises), many of them hero-studded accounts of World War II; of cancer; at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., following an emergency flight from Manila. Covering the war for Collier's, Reynolds poured...
The reaction to the new voter registration drive was swift. On Aug. 29 Moses was beaten in Amite County. On Sept. 5, Travis Britt was beaten senseless in back of the courthouse in Liberty, Miss.
Local Negroes began sit-ins in McComb. The first attempt sent both participants to jail for 30 days. Fifteen-year-old Brenda Travis and five other high school students tried a second time, and Miss Travis was sentenced to one year in a state school for delinquents.