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J E Finegan says he is candidate to fight boss rule
Statement by Dr W T Hornaday charging munitions mfrs with working through U S Biological Survey to reduce bag limits on migratory birds, denial by J B Burnham, Chmn of Advisory Com
Pres Coolidge favors leasing to private co to promote commercial aviation
To direct theatre he once owned
1925Dale Bumpers, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 38th Governor of Arkansas (died 2016)[†]
Dale Leon Bumpers was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Arkansas (1971–1975) and in the United States Senate (1975–1999). He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was counsel at the Washington office of law firm Arent Fox LLP, where his clients included Riceland Foods and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
1925Guillermo Cano Isaza, Colombian journalist (died 1986)[†]
Guillermo Cano Isaza was a Colombian journalist. The editor of El Espectador from 1952 until 1986, he was assassinated in Bogotá in what was widely seen as an attack related to his criticism of Colombia's drug barons.
1925Donald Justice, American poet and writing teacher (died 2004)[†]
Donald Rodney Justice was an American poet and teacher of creative writing who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980.
1925Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 2004)[†]
Norris Dewar McWhirter was a British writer, right-wing political activist, co-founder of The Freedom Association, and a television presenter. He and his twin brother Ross were known internationally for founding the reference book The Guinness Book of Records which they wrote and updated annually together between 1955 and 1975. After Ross's assassination by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), Norris carried on alone as editor.
1925Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died 1975)[†]
Alan Ross McWhirter was, with his twin brother, Norris, the cofounder of the 1955 Guinness Book of Records and a contributor to the television programme Record Breakers. He was assassinated by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1975.
1925George Wetherill, American physicist and academic (died 2006)[†]
George Wetherill was an American physicist and geologist. He was the director emeritus of the department of terrestrial magnetism at the Carnegie Institution of Washington.