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W Green says A F L policy is against cuts
To keep Cabinet post
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gain continues
Woollen apptd chmn of finance com, Byrd, chmn of exec com of finance com, and D J Tobin chmn of labor com
1932Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright[†]
Fernando Arrabal Terán is a Spanish playwright, screenwriter, film director, novelist, and poet. He was born in Melilla and settled in France in 1955. Regarding his nationality, Arrabal describes himself as "desterrado", or "half-expatriate, half-exiled".
1932Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (died 2003)[†]
Israel Harold "Izzy" Asper was a Canadian tax lawyer and media magnate. He was the founder and owner of the now-defunct TV and media company CanWest Global Communications Corp and father to its former CEO and President Leonard Asper, former director and corporate secretary Gail Asper, and former Executive Vice President David Asper. He was also the leader of the Manitoba Liberal Party from 1970 to 1975 and is credited with the idea and vision to establish the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
1932Geoffrey Cass, English businessman[†]
Sir Geoffrey Arthur Cass MA (Oxford), MA (Cambridge), CCMI, HonFInstD. Chairman of the Royal Theatrical Support Trust. Spent twenty years as chief executive of Cambridge University Press and has also been chairman of the Royal Shakespeare Company and president of the Lawn Tennis Association.
1932Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia[†]
Peter David Eisenman is an American architect, writer, and professor. Considered one of the New York Five, Eisenman is known for his high modernist and deconstructive designs, as well as for his authorship of several architectural books. His work has won him several awards, including the Wolf Prize in Arts.
1932John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter[†]
John Summer Gorrie is an English director and screenwriter. He began his career as an actor, but in early 1963 he completed the BBC's directors' course. His first assignments as a director were for the soap opera Compact and the anthology series Suspense. He directed the Doctor Who serial The Keys of Marinus.