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At Berlin
Influential Tammany men expect Seabury to recommend Crain's removal, and Gov Roosevelt to follow recommendation; delay in rept believed intended to make election in Nov impossible
Saves 6 from drowning in Black Sea
City swelters with mercury at 89; cooler weather promised
1931Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach (died 2022)[†]
Nicholas James Bollettieri was an American tennis coach. He pioneered the concept of a tennis boarding school, and helped develop many leading tennis players during the past decades, including Andre Agassi, Jim Courier, Monica Seles, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, and Maria Sharapova. Bollettieri was also a tour traveling coach, the last time having been for and with Boris Becker for a span of two years.
1931Kenny Burrell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Kenneth Earl Burrell is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on numerous top jazz labels: Prestige, Blue Note, Verve, CTI, Muse, and Concord. His collaborations with Jimmy Smith were notable, and produced the 1965 Billboard Top Twenty hit Verve album Organ Grinder Swing. He has cited jazz guitarists Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as influences, along with blues guitarists T-Bone Walker and Muddy Waters.