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June 13, 1926

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LONDON NOTES

By Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON, June 9. -- A rumor current some months ago that the Shuberts had tired of their London venture was evidently erroneous. Lee Shubert has informed the London newspapers that his firm will import "Artists and Models," which will probably be produced here in the Autumn.

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DRY ISSUE BIGGEST IN JERSEY PRIMARY; Voters Are Apathetic and Light Balloting Is Expected in the Few Contests for Office. TO NOMINATE FOR CONGRESS Candidates for State Senator in 8 Counties and for Assembly in 21 Will Be Chosen. FIGHT AMONG REPUBLICANS Two Warring Factions Lined Up for Tuesday's Battle in Passaic -McCutcheon Seeks Clerkship. DRY ISSUE BIGGEST IN JERSEY PRIMARY

By Special to The New York Times

TRENTON, N.J., June 12. -- With prohibition as the chief issue in the few contests that are to be decided, New Jersey's voters will go to the polls on Tuesday to nominate candidates for Congress in the twelve districts, for State Senator in eight counties, for members of the Assembly in all twenty-one counties and a host of local offices.

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Notable Births

Jérôme Lejeune

1926Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)[†]

Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities and diseases like Down Syndrome (trisomy-21) and cri du chat syndrome. He is also known for his subsequent strong opposition to the use of amniocentesis prenatal testing for eugenic purposes through selective and elective abortion. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been declared Venerable by Pope Francis on 21 January 2021.

Paul Lynde

1926Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (died 1982)[†]

Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homosexuality, Lynde was well known for his roles as Uncle Arthur on Bewitched, as the befuddled father Harry MacAfee in Bye Bye Birdie, and as a regular "center square" panelist on the game show The Hollywood Squares from 1968 to 1981. He also voiced animated characters for five Hanna-Barbera productions.