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1933Ed Corney, American professional bodybuilder (died 2019)[†]
Edward Charles Corney was an American professional bodybuilder. He won many prizes in his 30s, including Mr. Universe in 1972, and was featured in the 1977 bodybuilding docudrama Pumping Iron. Known for his excellent posing routines, he continued competitive bodybuilding into his 60s, winning the 60+ division of the Masters Olympia twice. Corney was inducted in the International Federation of Bodybuilding Hall of Fame in 2004.
1933Jim Perry, American game show host (died 2015)[†]
Jim Perry was a television game show host, singer, announcer, and performer in the 1970s and 1980s.
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City Hall quiet; jobholders uneasy
On farm equality, s at Omaha
Indignant over not having polled any votes as Aldermanic candidate in 5th Queens Dist; knows family voted for him
D R Richberg replies to opponents of NRA; W C Teagle and G Swope back him, speeches to Acad of Pol Science
Charges J A Farley with disrupting Dem Party in N Y C
Made Civil Works Administrator
Wets lead in 5 states; Utah convention to end law; tabulation of vote
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- President Roosevelt moved today for determination of the administration's new liquor policy, as it relates to the abandonment of national prohibition on Dec. 5 and to maintaining a semblance of Federal control until that date.
Discussions with Roosevelt proceeding; Hull conducts 2 parleys; entertained at luncheon by Roosevelt
ABC revolt in Cuba aims at restoring him to Presidency
King Nadir Shah of Afghanistan killed
Employment age for stenographers and typists raised to 53