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Slain; believed victim of burglar
Census Bur comparative survey of pub and private employes' income, U S, 1929-37
Estimate Bd rescinds approval of Parental School site in Queens for new vocational h s; refers matter back to City Planning Comm
Charles M. Schwab has closed permanently the stately granite chateau on Riverside Drive at Seventy-third Street, which has been one of the city's show places since he built it in 1905.
Cancels annual banquet because of hotel strike
1939Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (died 2013)[†]
Asghar Ali Engineer was an Indian reformist writer and social activist. Internationally known for his work on liberation theology in Islam, he led the Progressive Dawoodi Bohra movement. The focus of his work was on communalism and communal and ethnic violence in India and South Asia. He was a votary of peace and non-violence and lectured all over world on communal harmony.
1939Irina Press, Ukrainian-Russian hurdler and pentathlete (died 2004)[†]
Irina Natanovna Press was a Soviet athlete who competed at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics. In 1960, she won a gold medal in the 80 m hurdles and finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay. In 1964, she finished fourth in the hurdles and sixth in the shot put, but won gold in the newly introduced pentathlon event.