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Soviet Govt will sell in Berlin treasures, property of former nobility confiscated under Communist law; Russian exiles protest action
Lauds Smith on water power and farm aid stands, s at Omaha; text
On plans for annual Red Cross roll call in N Y C
Meeks, E E and Smith, W, killed in hold-ups; G Harsh and R G Gallogly, univ students held
Official record of inquiry into deaths of children
1928Ion Mihai Pacepa, Romanian general (died 2021)[†]
Ion Mihai Pacepa was a Romanian lieutenant general in the Securitate, the secret police of the Socialist Republic of Romania, who defected to the United States in July 1978 following President Jimmy Carter's approval of his request for political asylum. He was the highest-ranking defector from the former Eastern Bloc, and wrote books and articles on the inner workings of communist intelligence services. His best-known works are the books Disinformation and Red Horizons.
1928William Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, English politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Defence[†]
William Thomas Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank, is a British politician and life peer. As a Labour Party member of Parliament, he served as Secretary of State for Transport from 1976 to 1979, and was one of the "Gang of Four" of senior Labour politicians who defected to form the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He subsequently helped to lead the SDP into the merger that formed the Liberal Democrats in 1988, and later served as the party's leader in the House of Lords between 1997 and 2001.
1928Indonesia Raya, now the national anthem of Indonesia, is first played during the Second Indonesian Youth Congress.[†]
"Indonesia Raya" is the national anthem of Indonesia. It has been the national anthem since the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945. The song was introduced by its composer, Wage Rudolf Supratman, on 28 October 1928 during the Youth Pledge in Jakarta. The song marked the birth of the archipelago nationalist movement in Indonesia that aims to gain independence from Dutch colonial rule. The first newspaper to openly publish the musical notation and lyrics of "Indonesia Raya" — an act of defiance towards the Dutch authorities — was the Chinese Indonesian weekly Sin Po.