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December 6, 1942

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RUSSIANS SQUEEZE FOE ON TWO FRONTS; Report New Thrusts in Rzhev and Stalingrad Sectors -- Nazis Claim Successes RUSSIANS SQUEEZE FOE ON TWO FRONTS

By the United Press

USSR forces gain inside and southwest of Stalingrad; set up Don bridgeheads; gain in Rzhev-Velikiye Luki area; seize localities, west of Rzhev; annihilate encircled group, northern factory dist, Stalingrad; activity reptd on Leningrad front; USSR forces tighten grip on Ger communication lines endangering Rzhev garrison; Gorokhoff's troops continue attack, northern Stalingrad; Ger versions

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GIANTS TO OPPOSE DODGERS IN FINALE; Favored to Triumph Today at Polo Grounds -- Hein to End Great Career as Player TO HELP RING OUT THE FOOTBALL SEASON AT THE POLO GROUNDS TODAY GIANTS TO OPPOSE DODGERS IN FINALE

By Arthur Daley

The Giants and the Dodgers pulled off their practice uniforms for the last time of the season yesterday. For almost half of them it will be the last time until the bigger game is over. Hence it was a sadder and more somber final drill than either team ever had before.

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Notable Births

Peter Handke

1942Peter Handke, Austrian author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." Handke is considered to be one of the most influential and original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century.

Robb Royer

1942Robb Royer, American guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter[†]

Robert Wilson Royer is an American musician and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the soft rock band Bread from 1968 to 1971. While he was with the band, they had a #5 UK/#1 US hit single with "Make It With You". He was replaced by Larry Knechtel in 1971.