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Plans by North River Bridge Co for 57th St bridge revived by merger plan of Eastern R Rs
Govt files with Supreme Ct brief against Clark ruling
H T Harlan on relation to radio reception
1930Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (died 2010)[†]
Jaime Alfonso Escalante Gutiérrez was a Bolivian-American educator known for teaching students calculus from 1974 to 1991 at Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. Escalante was the subject of the 1988 film Stand and Deliver, in which he is portrayed by Edward James Olmos.
1930Odetta, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (died 2008)[†]
Odetta Holmes, known as Odetta, was an American singer, often referred to as "The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement". Her musical repertoire consisted largely of American folk music, blues, jazz, and spirituals.