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Sails around Manhattan Island aboard yacht Nourmahal
Pub Works Administration approves $3,365,000 allotment for improvement
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 31 (AP) -- The Virginia General Assembly to- day adopted unanimously a joint resolution memorializing Secretary of Agriculture Wallace to apply the domestic farm allotment plan for the benefit of Virginia bright tobacco farmers.
City fails to get loan, but officials promise there will be no default on interest payment
H Ford makes no comment on NRA; confers with son, E; Tenn to buy no more Fords until co joins NRA
1933Marshall Lytle, American bass player and songwriter (died 2013)[†]
Marshall Edward Lytle was an American rock and roll bassist, best known for his work with the groups Bill Haley & His Comets and The Jodimars in the 1950s. He played upright slap bass on the iconic 1950s rock and roll records "Crazy Man, Crazy", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", and "Rock Around the Clock".
1933Ann Richards, American educator and politician, 45th Governor of Texas (died 2006)[†]
Dorothy Ann Richards was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was the second female governor of Texas, and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners.
1933T. Thirunavukarasu, Sri Lankan politician (died 1982)[†]
Thamodarampillai Thirunavukarasu was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament.
1933Conway Twitty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1993)[†]
Harold Lloyd Jenkins, better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. From 1971 to 1976, Twitty received a string of Country Music Association awards for duets with Loretta Lynn. He was inducted into both the Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame.