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Court of Appeals reverses verdict of murder in first degree
A Garcia, boy, braves lions to win cure for crippled sister, but valor gets it free
Disapproves chain lr scheme petitioning him to run, started by P M Tucker; leaders assail scheme; G K Morris on up-State N Y trend to him; Fess repeats draft prediction
Rally ends in riot; grand stand burned, 16 students arrested; 1 policeman injured
Forced back by weather conditions when 500 ml off Cal; his story
1927John Cole, Irish-English journalist and author (died 2013)[†]
John Morrison Cole was a Northern Irish journalist and broadcaster, best known for his work with the BBC. Cole served as deputy editor of The Guardian and The Observer and, from 1981 to 1992, was the BBC's political editor. Donald Macintyre, in an obituary in The Independent, described him as "the most recognisable and respected broadcast political journalist since World War II."
1927Guy Davenport, American author and scholar (died 2005)[†]
Guy Mattison Davenport was an American writer, translator, illustrator, painter, intellectual, and teacher.
1927Angelo Sodano, Italian cardinal (died 2022)[†]
Angelo Raffaele Sodano was an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the Dean of the College of Cardinals from 2005 to 2019 and previously as the Cardinal Secretary of State from 1991 to 2006; Sodano was the first person since 1828 to serve simultaneously as Dean and Secretary of State.