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J G Livingston and F W Cooper, officers of J Livingston & Co, held for failing to make material entries in corp books, Dewey elec industry investigation
Greets H Hughes and crew on landing field after world flight
com considers revised legis plan designed to satisfy up-State Repubs; calls for co supervisors and N Y C Estimate Bd to determine dist lines; Rules Com repts Bennett resolution providing that at least 1 Manhattan Sen dist be created which has majority of Negro citizens
Group of profs urges policy aimed at preserving Aryan and purely Eur character
1938Bill Alsup, American racing driver (died 2016)[†]
Bill Alsup was an American race car driver. He was the first Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) Rookie of the Year in 1979 and competed in the 1981 Indianapolis 500, finishing 11th. He made 57 CART & USAC Champ Car starts in his career. His best race finish of third came 3 times and he was the 1981 CART Championship runner-up, putting in a winless but consistent season for Penske Racing, his only effort with a top-level team. He returned to his own team the next year and struggled until leaving Champ Car following the 1984 Sanair Super Speedway race.
1938Ernie Barnes, American football player, actor, and painter (died 2009)[†]
Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. was an American artist, well known for his unique style of elongated characters and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author.
1938Carmen Callil, Australian publisher, founded Virago Press (died 2022)[†]
Dame Carmen Thérèse Callil, was an Australian publisher, writer and critic who spent most of her career in the United Kingdom. She founded Virago Press in 1973 and received the Benson Medal from the Royal Society of Literature in 2017. She has been described by Gail Rebuck as "the most extraordinary publisher of her generation".
1938Barry Goldwater, Jr., American lawyer and politician[†]
Barry Morris Goldwater Jr. is an American politician. He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1969 to 1983. He is the son of U.S. Senator and 1964 Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater.