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January 17, 1929

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BYRD IN PLANE EXPLORES, 1,200 MILES IN ANTARCTIC; SEVEN FLIGHTS ARE MADE; FLIERS HAPPY AT SUCCESS Craft Functions Perfectly on Trial Trips, Nearly 31-2 Hours in Air. LEADER FINDS NEW INLET Commander for Hour and 20 Minutes Flies West and South of Base. PARKER IS FIRST PILOT UP After Night of Snow Threatened Trouble, He and Mechanic Roth Take Plane Aloft. Flights Go Through as Planned. Balchen Climbs Into the Plane. BYRD IN AIRPLANE EXPLORES 1200 MILES Icicles on the Ailerons. Taxes Plane Over Rough Surface. Smith Pilots Second Flight. Fairchild Plane Used for Exploring.

By Russell Owen. Copyright,1929 By the New York Times and the st. Louis Post-Dispatch. All Rights For Publication Re Served Throughout the World. Wireless To the New York Times

Plane makes 7 successful flights

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COOLIDGE WILL SIGN KELLOGG PACT TODAY; Secretary Also Will Affix Name at White House Ceremony Before Official Gathering. ANGER AT REPORT REMAINS Administration Displeased at Desertion of Some SenatorsDebate Opens on Cruiser Bill. Many Congratulate Mr. Kellogg. COOLIDGE WILL SIGN KELLOGG PACT TODAY Kellogg Opposed Report. Unofficial Criticism of Borah. Other Senators Criticised.

By Richard V. Oulahan. Special To the New York Times

Coolidge and Sec Kellogg to sign; many congratulate Sec of State; criticism of rept; Kellogg disapproves rept and says it will not be submitted to signatories; churches may observe ratification

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Notable Births

Philip Latham

1929Philip Latham, British actor (died 2020)[†]

Charles Philip Latham was an English actor. He was best known for playing Willy Izard in The Troubleshooters (1965–1972) and Plantagenet Palliser in The Pallisers (1974).

Jacques Plante

1929Jacques Plante, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (died 1986)[†]

Joseph Jacques Omer Plante was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. During a career as a goaltender lasting from 1947 to 1975, he was considered to be one of the most important innovators in hockey. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963; during his tenure, the team won the Stanley Cup six times, including five consecutive wins. In 2017 Plante was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.

Tan Boon Teik

1929Tan Boon Teik, Malaysian-Singaporean lawyer and politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (died 2012)[†]

Tan Boon Teik was a Singaporean judge who served as the second attorney-general of Singapore between 1969 and 1992. At the age of 39, Tan was the youngest person to be appointed as attorney-general, and was the longest-serving attorney-general after the Independence of Singapore, after 25 years in office.