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Supt Albright replies to complaints, before com of inquiry
Short circuit caused by boy's hoop delays Coney Is trains
Order to quit read at largely attended meetings of locals; leaders of strikers go to take places
Major problems shaping toward solution, general outlook
1925Ted Blakey, American historian, activist, and businessman (died 2004)[†]
Theodore Robert Blakey was an American historian, businessman, and activist. He was instrumental in the civil rights movement in South Dakota and was leader of the committee that helped the state ratify the Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Blakey was among the first African American leaders of Junior Chamber International, Kiwanis, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He was named the state's black historian in 1995 and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 1997.
1925Moran Campbell, English-Canadian physician and academic, invented the venturi mask (died 2004)[†]
Edward James Moran Campbell, was a Canadian physician. He was the founding Chair of the Department of Medicine at McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences from 1968 to 1975. He was also the inventor of the Venturi mask.
1925Maurice Pialat, French actor and director (died 2003)[†]
Maurice Pialat was a French film director, screenwriter and actor known for the rigorous and unsentimental style of his films. His work is often described as "realist", though many film critics acknowledge it does not fit the traditional definition of realism.