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Ger Capt Langheld admits trumping up charges to execute USSR prisoners, pub trial; USSR radio cites Langheld rept of prisoners use as live targets for Ger rifle practice
Employes Natl War Fund gifts presented by LaGuardia to fund
RAF bombs Berlin; repts huge fires and heavy industry plants at Spandau suburb devastated; Ger fighter defenders use rockets against night bombers for 1st time; 30 bombers lost; raid destroys Berlin repairs; eyewitness repts from Sweden cite damage to center of city
Dean Y B Smith, WLB mediator, rules employer sole judge of supervisory employes, with right to retain them despite union objections; holds issue is not arbitrable; Smith, co and union comment
1943Bobby Keys, American saxophone player (died 2014)[†]
Robert Henry Keys was an American saxophonist who performed as a member of several horn sections of the 1970s. He appears on albums by the Rolling Stones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Harry Nilsson, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and other prominent musicians. Keys played on hundreds of recordings, and was a touring musician from 1956 until his death in 2014.
1943Keith Richards, English musician[†]
Keith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolling Stones. His songwriting partnership with the band's lead vocalist Mick Jagger is one of the most successful in history. His career spans over six decades, and his guitar playing style has been a trademark of the Rolling Stones throughout the band's career. Richards gained press notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use, and he was often portrayed as a countercultural figure. First professionally known as Keith Richard, in 1978 he fully asserted his family name.
1943Alan Rudolph, American director and screenwriter[†]
Alan Steven Rudolph is an American film director and screenwriter.