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G Weinberg and Schoenhaus plead guilty and will testify for State; Davis and M Weintraub plead not guilty; 3 witnesses held under secret guard
Carroll acquitted; ct orders sanity test
smashing blow reptd delivered
Tax revision bill passed
The rain-filled skies beclouding the beginning of the Memorial Day week-end grew darker yesterday for twenty-five members of the City Council whose vacation plans were upset by a peremptory message from Mayor La Guardia calling them to a special meeting at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in City Hall.
1938Jerry West, American basketball player, coach, and executive (died 2024)[†]
Jerry Alan West was an American basketball player and executive. He played professionally for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. His nicknames included "the Logo", in reference to his silhouette being the basis for the NBA logo; "Mr. Clutch", for his ability to make a big play in a key situation such as his famous buzzer-beating 60-foot shot that tied game 3 of the 1970 NBA Finals against the New York Knicks; "Mr. Outside", in reference to his perimeter play with the Lakers and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" for the creek near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia.