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Kills self after wounding W M Probasco
Methods of eliminating wooden cars will be considered by Transit Comm in connection with preparation of its readjustment plan
U S Repr Hill to offer bill to let States set intoxicating limit; would extend to others farmers' wine and cider privileges
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Copyright division of Library of Cong denies right of married women to take out copyright in maiden name; in case of Mrs V D Hyde; Natl Woman's Party and Lucy Stone League active in protest
1926Marcel Douzima, Central African lawyer and politician (died 2012)[†]
Marcel Douzima was a Central African politician and teacher who served in various ministerial positions under the David Dacko Presidency.
1926Geoffrey Howe, Welsh lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2015)[†]
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon,, known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of chancellor of the Exchequer, foreign secretary, and finally leader of the House of Commons, deputy prime minister and Lord President of the Council. His resignation from Cabinet on 1 November 1990 is widely considered to have precipitated the leadership challenge that led to Thatcher's resignation three weeks later.
1926Otto Graf Lambsdorff, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of Economics (died 2009)[†]
Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff, known as Otto Graf Lambsdorff, was a German politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). He was the German Federal Minister of Economics from 1977 to 1984, when he resigned due to corruption allegations.