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Says channel swim was hoax
Moscow's orphans return for Winter
Kean, J, found to have broken back as result of injury 2 wks ago
Com to Open Recreation Centres sponsors appeal for $232,267 budget fund for playgrounds
ROME, Oct. 15. -- Hard days are ahead for the owners and drivers of motor cars in Italy if the new penal code elaborated by the Fascist Cabinet becomes law in its present shape. It provides penalties of a severity unmatched in the legislation of any other country for speeding and for injuring pedestrians or their property by reckless or careless driving.
1927Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)[†]
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
1927Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress[†]
Rosa Rosal is a Filipino actress and humanitarian. She began her career as an actress in the late 1940s and remained active throughout the Golden Age of Philippine cinema, noted for her roles in Anak Dalita (1956), Badjao (1957), and Biyaya ng Lupa (1959). She ventured television in late 1960s as presenter of public service shows and appeared in several drama series until 2005. Rosal was appointed as a member of Philippine Red Cross board of governors since 1965 and has pioneered mass blood-donating campaigns in the Philippines. Her accolades include a Ramon Magsaysay Award, the Order of the Golden Heart, two FAMAS Awards, and a Gawad Urian. Reader's Digest Asia named her the most trusted Filipino personality in 2010.