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STOWE, Vt., Dec. 18 -- Real winter has prevailed in this serene New England hamlet since Nov. 15, with the result that the huge network of ski runs and slopes radiating from lofty Mount Mansfield are covered with a thick white blanket that reaches a depth of four feet.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 18 -- Black Badge, an ebony-hued son of Cohort who probably will fly Abe Hirschberg's silks in Hialeah's Flamingo Stakes, began his winter campaign with an easy victory in the Key West Handicap at Tropical Park today.
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 18 -- Mrs. E.L. Mulrenan's favored First Fiddle came from behind in the stretch to win the $15,000 added Louisiana Handicap today, the first major stake test of the winter season at the Fair Grounds. Eight thousand five hundred saw the race.
Roosevelt lauds press and radio for observing internatl agreements on news release dates on Cairo and Teheran confs; announces new system for immediate release of information having security value at earliest moment consistent with US security, memo to US Army and Navy Depts and OWI; Reuter transmission of Cairo conf rept in advance of release date cited
1943James L. Jones, American general and politician, 22nd United States National Security Advisor[†]
James Logan Jones Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps four-star general and consultant who served as the 21st United States National Security Advisor from 2009 to 2010. During his military career, he served as the 32nd Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1999 to January 2003, and Commander, United States European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2003 to 2006. Jones retired from the Marine Corps on February 1, 2007, after 40 years of service.
1943Elaine Joyce, American actress, singer, and dancer[†]
Elaine Joyce is an American actress.
1943Ross M. Lence, American political scientist and academic (died 2006)[†]
Ross Marlo Anthony Lence, was a professor of political science at the University of Houston from 1971 to 2006, where he was John and Rebecca Moores Scholar and held the Ross M. Lence Distinguished Teaching Chair. He taught political philosophy, American political thought, and American government as a member of the political science and honors college faculties. His edited volume of the works of John C. Calhoun, Union and Liberty: The Political Philosophy of John C. Calhoun, is one of the foremost references on Calhoun.