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House com defers action on draft; Sen E C Johnson scores conscription
Moscow gives full acknowledgement to Brit repudiation of peace talks; Moscow radio quotes London Sunday Times dispatch from Ankara as basis for rumors that Gers are seeking peace
Attacks unions power, Sen
dirs bd to appeal judgment; holds newspaper or press service cannot operate successfully under ct injunction; judgment to be stayed pending US Sup Ct decision
FEA repts 7,400 US planes shipped to USSR; USSR Embassy repts USSR plants exceeded goals, '43
1944Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer[†]
Michele Ann Marie "Shelley" Fabares is a retired American actress and singer. She is known for her television roles as Mary on the sitcom The Donna Reed Show (1958–1963) and as Christine Armstrong on the sitcom Coach (1989–1997), the latter of which earned her two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. Her film roles include playing the leading lady to Elvis Presley in Girl Happy (1965), Spinout (1966), and Clambake (1967).
1944Thom Mayne, American architect and academic, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower[†]
Thom Mayne is an American architect. He is based in Los Angeles. In 1972, Mayne helped found the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), where he is a trustee and the coordinator of the Design of Cities postgraduate program. Since then he has held teaching positions at SCI-Arc, the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is principal of Morphosis Architects, an architectural firm based in Culver City, California and New York City, New York. Mayne received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in March 2005.
1944Dan Reeves, American football player and coach (died 2022)[†]
Daniel Edward Reeves was an American professional football running back and coach in the National Football League (NFL). During his 38 years in the NFL, Reeves participated in nine Super Bowls, the third most for an individual. He was a head coach for 23 seasons, a position he held with the Denver Broncos from 1981 to 1992, the New York Giants from 1993 to 1996, and the Atlanta Falcons from 1997 to 2003. As a player, he spent his eight-season career with the Dallas Cowboys, who signed him as an undrafted free agent in 1965.