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travel heavy; organizations celebrate; toys and food distributed
co spurns Martin's request for conf and drafts legal campaign; UAWA pickets demonstrate outside N Y C showroom
protests persecution
With mother and nurse and J Dunbar abducted and released
to punish Tsingtao for destruction of Japanese property
1937Maung Aye, Burmese military officer[†]
Maung Aye is a retired Burmese army general who played a significant role in Myanmar's military government. He served as Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the ruling military junta of Myanmar, from July 1993 to March 2011, holding the second highest-ranking position in the regime. He graduated from the Defence Services Academy in Pyin Oo Lwin and began his military career by commanding the Northeast Region in 1968, followed by the Eastern Region in 1988. His career progression included promotions to major-general in 1990 and Army Chief in 1992. In 1993, he was appointed as Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, and the following year, he assumed the role of Deputy Chairman of the State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC), which later evolved into the SPDC. Despite rumours of resignation in August 2010, Maung Aye remained deputy head of state until the SPDC was dissolved on 30 March 2011 by Senior General Than Shwe, marking a significant transition in Myanmar's governance.
1937O'Kelly Isley Jr., American R&B/soul singer-songwriter (died 1986)[†]
O'Kelly "Kelly" Isley Jr. was an American singer and one of the founding members of the family group the Isley Brothers.