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LaGuardia announces 10 new low-rent projects for blighted areas; outlines Fed and State financing plans; lists sites; scores Emigrant Savings Bank withdrawal from planned Harlem project; urges pub to keep Housing Authority pol-free
are reptd 8 1/2 mi from Paoking
La Guardia to proclaim emergency in strike event; Health Dept to take over elevator operation in big apt houses; WLB conf with owners reprs and union officials; comment
to get scroll signed by war bond buyers who visit Ger U-boat, NYC
insists on great powers right to vote on procedure questions, Security Council issue, conf
1945Patch Adams, American physician and author, founded the Gesundheit! Institute[†]
Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author. He founded the Gesundheit! Institute as a not-for-profit in 1989. Each year he also organizes volunteers from around the world to travel to various countries where they dress as clowns to bring humor to orphans, patients, and other people.
1945John N. Bambacus, American military veteran (USMC) and politician[†]
John N. Bambacus is an American politician, and represented District 1 in the Maryland Senate, which covers Garrett, Allegany, and Washington Counties.
1945John Fogerty, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
John Cameron Fogerty is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford, Stu Cook, and his brother Tom Fogerty, he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter. CCR had nine top-10 singles and eight gold albums between 1968 and 1972, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1993.
1945Jean Perrault, Canadian politician, Mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec[†]
Jean Perrault, is a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec from 1994 to 2009, and as president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
1945Helena Shovelton, English physician[†]
Dame Helena Shovelton is former Chair of the UK National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, former Chair of the UK National Lottery Commission, and former Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation.