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August 23, 1943

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MEAT COUNCIL SEES BIG BEEF SHORTAGE, EVEN FOR MILITARY; Says Winter Will Bring Bad Condition Unless Producers Get 'Business-Like' Plan INDUSTRY PROGRAM URGED It Includes Price Flexibility Within Present Ceilings -- Slow Cattle Flow Cited MEAT COUNCIL SEES BIG BEEF SHORTAGE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Livestock and Meat Council warns of worst beef shortage in US history unless growers' confidence in govt policies is restored; urges govt heed industry program; repts July-Aug feeder shipments show alarming drop; stresses threat to mil supply; explains industry mgt plan

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Notable Births

Dale Campbell-Savours

1943Dale Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours, English businessman and politician[†]

Dale Norman Campbell-Savours, Baron Campbell-Savours is a British Labour Party politician. The Member of Parliament (MP) for Workington from 1979 to 2001, he retired from the House of Commons due to ill health, and now sits in the House of Lords.

Nelson DeMille

1943Nelson DeMille, American lieutenant and author (died 2024)[†]

Nelson Richard DeMille was an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The General's Daughter. DeMille also wrote under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay, and Brad Matthews.

Peter Lilley

1943Peter Lilley, English politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills[†]

Peter Bruce Lilley, Baron Lilley, PC is a British politician and life peer who served as a cabinet minister in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) Hitchin and Harpenden from 1997 to 2017 and, prior to boundary changes, St Albans from 1983.

Pino Presti

1943Pino Presti, Italian bass player, composer, conductor, and producer[†]

Giuseppe Prestipino Giarritta, professionally known by his pseudonym Pino Presti, is an Italian conductor, arranger, bassist, composer and record producer from Milan. He is a 5th-dan black belt in Shotokan Karate.

Rodney Alcala

1943Rodney Alcala, American serial killer, rapist, and kidnapper (died 2021)[†]

Rodney James Alcala, also known as John Berger and John Burger, was an American serial killer and convicted sex offender who was sentenced to death in California for five murders committed between 1977 and 1979. He pleaded guilty and received a sentence of twenty-five years to life for two further murders committed in New York State. He was also indicted for one murder in Wyoming, although the charges filed there were dropped. While Alcala has been conclusively linked to nine murders, the true number of victims remains unknown and could be as high as 130.

Historical Events

Kharkiv

1943World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.[†]

Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kharkiv is the administrative centre of Kharkiv Oblast and Kharkiv Raion. Prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, it had an estimated population of 1,421,125.