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Lehman urges legis to consol rural school dists; Assembly debate; Assemblyman Ives opposed
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Dies in plane crash after fight with pilot, J Rosemarin, N Y C; illus
Sec Hopkins rules persons may mail unsigned replies to income questions to Wash; Repr Ditter offers bill to bar penalties
Demands city assure jobs to el employes after removal, pub hearing; por
1940Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health (died 2019)[†]
Frank Gordon Dobson was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Holborn and St. Pancras from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Labour Party he served in the First Blair ministry as Secretary of State for Health from 1997 to 1999, and was the Labour Party nominee for Mayor of London in 2000, finishing third in the election behind Conservative Steven Norris and the winner, Labour-turned-Independent Ken Livingstone. Dobson stood down from his Parliament seat at the 2015 general election.
1940Phil Lesh, American bassist (died 2024)[†]
Philip Chapman Lesh was an American musician and a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he developed a unique style of improvised six-string bass guitar. He was their bassist throughout their 30-year career.