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546 jobs will be affected by city adm change
Indonesians clash with Brit, Surabaya; parley plans confused; Brit and US seek to move raw materials; Brig Gen Romulo and Nehru get Nationalist appeals for help; Nehru promises Indian support; Indonesian group in Japan backs revolt; Capetown Communists assail Brit intervention
Moscow press reaction
Lt Col J P S Devereux buys 1st $200 Roosevelt bond from H Morgenthau Jr at rally, Roosevelt Hyde Park estate
Pres J J Lynch will attend UNO London conf on educ
1945Mick Gallagher, English keyboard player and songwriter[†]
Michael William Gallagher is an English Hammond organ, piano and synthesizer player best known as a member of Ian Dury and the Blockheads and for his contributions to albums by the Clash. He has also written music for films such as Extremes (1971) and After Midnight (1990), and the Broadway play Serious Money (1987).
1945Ron Maag, American businessman and politician[†]
Ron Maag is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives, serving in the House from 2009 to 2016.
1945Melba Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Beatrice Melba Smith known by her stage name Melba Moore, is an American singer and actress.
1945Gerrit Ybema, Dutch civil servant and politician (died 2012)[†]
Gerrit Ybema was a Dutch politician in the Democrats 66 (D66) party. He served as a Member of the House of Representatives from 14 September 1989 to 3 August 1998, when he became State Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Second Kok cabinet, serving until 22 July 2002.