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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., May 18. --Williams figured in one of the upsets of the season in college baseball here today when Princeton was defeated by 3 to 0.
Vienna cynics stirred by paradox of negotiations at time Balkans and other States are being armed
Adoption of new alphabet drives newspapers and magazines to wall
1929Helmut Braunlich, German-American violinist and composer (died 2013)[†]
Helmut Braunlich was a German-American violinist, composer, and musicologist.
1929Richard Larter, Australian painter (died 2014)[†]
Richard Larter was an Australian painter, often identified as one of Australia's few highly recognisable pop artists. Larter also frequently painted in a Pointillist style. He took advantage of unusual techniques with painting: using a syringe filled with paint to create his early works, and juxtaposing multiple images on to a canvas. Many of his works are brightly coloured and draw on popular culture for source materials, reproducing news photographs, film stills, and images from pornography. He was married to Pat Larter, an artist who was involved in the Mail art movement, then performance art and finally painting in a brightly coloured style similar to Richard's. The Larters emigrated to Australia in 1962. Richard Larter's pop art was less ironic than his American and English counterparts. In this Larter is similar to other noted Australian pop artists, such as, Mike Brown and Martin Sharp.
1929John Stroger, American politician (died 2008)[†]
John H. Stroger Jr. was an American politician who served from 1994 until 2006 as the first African-American president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. A member of the Democratic Party. From 1992 to 1993, Stroger also served as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1970 until 2006. He additionally served as president of the National Association of Counties from 1992 through 1993.