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January 15, 1945

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WARSAW LINES CUT; Red Army Slashes Road and Rail Arteries in 17-Mile Advance NAZI LINES GIVE WAY Russians 32 Miles From Cracow--Win Lucenec in Slovak Thrust

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USSR troops force Nida River, advance 17 mi, outflanking Kielce and taking over 200 places including Radomice, Brzegi on Kielce-Cracow highway, Miasowa and Jakubow; southern columns take Pinczow, advance 6 mi to take Wrocieryz and Cory, 64 mi from Cracow; other elements retake Nowy Korczyn and Stary Korczyn; Moscow repts on enemy casualties, 3 days; Berlin repts 2 more USSR drives, Magnuszew and Pulawy

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3 DAYS EACH WEEK WITHOUT RED MEAT PROPOSED BY MAYOR; Would Apply to Restaurants, Hotels and Other Public Eating Places in City CURBS IN HOMES ASKED 'Leftover Mondays' Suggested to Cut Consumption, With Butchers Closing Some Days Leftovers for Homes May Seek Federal Regulation MAYOR WOULD BAR RED MEAT 3 DAYS

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LaGuardia proposes eating places observe 3 meatless days per wk; suggests butcher shops close several days per wk; says consumers must reduce consumption; permits by-products use; discusses left-overs for home use, radio s; P Henkel, Society Restaurateurs pres, and NYS Retail Meat Dealers Assn official laud plan

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Notable Births

Ko Chun-hsiung

1945Ko Chun-hsiung, Taiwanese actor, director, and politician (died 2015)[†]

Ko Chun-hsiung was a Taiwanese actor, director and politician. He had been acting since the 1960s and had appeared in more than 200 films.

Vince Foster

1945Vince Foster, American lawyer and political figure (died 1993)[†]

Vincent Walker Foster Jr. was an American attorney who served as deputy White House counsel during the first six months of the Clinton administration.

William R. Higgins

1945William R. Higgins, American colonel (died 1990)[†]

William Richard Higgins was a United States Marine Corps colonel who was captured in Lebanon in 1988 while serving on a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission. He was held hostage, tortured, and, 17 months later, he was murdered by his captors.

Princess Michael of Kent

1945Princess Michael of Kent[†]

Princess Michael of Kent is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Michael of Kent, who is a grandson of King George V. Princess Michael of Kent was an interior designer before becoming an author; she has written several books on European royalty.

1945David Pleat, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster[†]

David John Pleat is an English football player turned manager, and sports commentator. Pleat made 185 Football League appearances for five clubs, scoring 26 goals. He had two spells as manager of Luton Town, and four as manager of Tottenham Hotspur.

Notable Deaths

Wilhelm Wirtinger

1945Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (born 1865)[†]

Wilhelm Wirtinger was an Austrian mathematician, working in complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups, and knot theory.