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ODT Dir Eastman freezes school buses in school services
USSR forces block Ger attempts to cross Donets River near Izyum and retake ground below Kharkov; repulse Ger onslaught, west of Sievsk; take more towns in Smolensk drive and advance toward Staraya Russa; map; USSR forces reptd near Petsamo, Finland
Giraud formally issues laws of French Repub in French Africa; com set up to adapt Vichy laws to conform; Wash reaction
London Times ed on security issue discussed
LONDON, March 17 -- German broadcasts said tonight that the British Eighth Army had launched its long-awaited offensive against a broad front of the Mareth Line and implied that German and Italian troops had given ground at some points in heavy fighting.
1943Dennis Linde, American singer-songwriter (died 2006)[†]
Dennis Linde was an American musician and songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley song, "Burning Love", an international hit that has been featured in at least five motion pictures. In 1994, Linde won BMI's "Top Writer Award" and received four awards as BMI's most-performed titles for that year. He never liked publicity, and shunned awards shows to the extent of having family members collect his awards for him. He wrote both words and music for most of his songs, rarely collaborating with co-writers. He earned 14 BMI "Million-Air" songs. In 2001, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.