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Earl of Willingdon gives magistrates broader powers to deal with terrorism
Council works on resolution; accord nearer, as Chinese appear willing to drop demand for definite date of evacuation; Japan opposes plan for neutral zone at Chinchow; Japanese aerial observers rept Chinese mil movements northward along Peiping-Mukden ry; intermittent fighting at Tientsin; Japanese regiment arrives at Tientsin; negotiations between Chang Hsueh-liang and Japan charge d'affaires in Peiping pave way to direct negotiations between Tokyo and Nanking; Soviet comment
Brit Govt considers yr's truce on armaments in effect
Accounting of estate filed
Curtis says he will accept renomination instead of running for Sen in Kan
1931Jimmy Lyons, American saxophonist (died 1986)[†]
Jimmy Lyons was an American alto saxophone player. He is best known for his long tenure in the Cecil Taylor Unit. Lyons was the only constant member of the band from the mid-1960s until his death. Taylor never worked with another musician as frequently as he did with Lyons. Lyons' playing, influenced by Charlie Parker, kept Taylor's avant-garde music tethered to the jazz tradition.
1931Jim Nesbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)[†]
James Thomas Nesbitt, Jr. was an American country music singer. He had his first hit with "Please Mr. Kennedy" in 1961. It was released on Dot Records and became a number 11 hit on the Billboard charts. His biggest hit, "Lookin' for More in '64", got to number 7. He also recorded "A Tiger In My Tank". It stayed on the Cash Box charts for 13 weeks. He had several other hits on the Chart label. He released his last album, Phone Call From The Devil, in 1975 on Scorpion Records.
1931George Maxwell Richards, Trinidadian politician, 4th President of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2018)[†]
George Maxwell Richards was a Trinidadian politician who served as the fourth president of Trinidad and Tobago, from 2003 to 2013. He was the first president and head of state in the Caribbean to have mixed Chinese and Indigenous ancestry.