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13 apt bldgs to be vacated; navy and NYC Housing and Bldgs Dept to aid tenants in moving
Ger Lt Gen K Dietmar concedes USSR superiority, radio s
Claims he would rather be Congressman than Mayor
Terms C Tresca slaying pol crime; funeral plans
1943William Duckworth, American composer and author (died 2012)[†]
William Duckworth was an American composer, author, educator, and Internet pioneer. He wrote more than 200 pieces of music and is credited with the composition of the first postminimal piece of music, The Time Curve Preludes (1977–78), for piano. Duckworth was a Professor of Music at Bucknell University. Together with Nora Farrell, his wife, he ran Monroe Street Music, the publisher of many Duckworth's pieces.
1943Richard Moll, American actor (died 2023)[†]
Charles Richard Moll was an American actor known for playing Aristotle Nostradamus "Bull" Shannon, a bailiff on the NBC sitcom Night Court from 1984 to 1992. Moll also voiced Harvey Dent/Two-Face in the DC Animated Universe series Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, and briefly reprised the role in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode "Chill of the Night!".
1943Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (born 1889)[†]
Sophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer.