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October 18, 1940

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MUNITIONS IN CARGO; Convoy Starts 715-Mile Run With U.S. Goods as Workers Cheer 60 TRUCKS IN FIRST GROUP But 200 Are Said to Have Arrived in China Already-- Raid Precautions in Burma

By Unknown Author

Burma Rd reopens with Transportation Adm feting chauffeurs, Lashio, before departure; illus; air raid precautions taken, Lashio; unofficial opening indicated by reptd truck arrivals, Kunming; huge cargoes await shipment; Chinese products for U S to be carried on return trip; 53 Amer planes for China reptd en route

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Talitha Getty

1940Talitha Getty, actress and model of Dutch extraction (died 1971)[†]

Talitha Dina Getty was a Dutch actress, socialite, and model who was regarded as a style icon of the late 1960s. She lived much of her adult life in Britain and, in her final years, was closely associated with the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. Her husband was the oil heir and subsequent philanthropist John Paul Getty Jr.

Cynthia Weil

1940Cynthia Weil, American songwriter (died 2023)[†]

Cynthia Weil was an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and in 2011, they jointly received the Johnny Mercer Award, the highest honor bestowed by that Hall of Fame. She and her husband were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.