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meeting; LaGuardia says Moss action is justified by existing laws; seeks law change
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Iwo fighting reaches hand-to-hand stage with Japanese slowly being pushed back; 5th and 3d Marine Divs hew out 500-yd gains while 4th advances 100-200 yds in local areas; lessoning of Jap mortar fire noted; US planes, hit 3 Jap cargo ships north of Bonins; US Maj Gen H Schmidt terms Iwo battle tough; Tokyo radio repts US planes raided Chichi and Haha
Amers find Cologne all but lifeless
1945Micky Dolenz, American singer-songwriter and actor[†]
George Michael Dolenz Jr. is an American musician and actor. He was the drummer and one of two primary vocalists for the pop rock band the Monkees, and a co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Dolenz is the last surviving member of the group, following the deaths of Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Michael Nesmith.
1945Anselm Kiefer, German painter and sculptor[†]
Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor. He studied with Peter Dreher and Horst Antes at the end of the 1960s. His works incorporate materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac. The poems of Paul Celan have played a role in developing Kiefer's themes of German history and the horrors of the Holocaust, as have the spiritual concepts of Kabbalah.