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Brit renew air attacks on Surabaya; Soekarno says thousands of civilians are killed; Islam Cong calls for Moslem holy war against colonial subjugation; Soekarno calls on world opinion to condemn Brit attack; change reptd likely in Repub cabinet with Sjahrir as new leader
devaluation expected factors listed
NYC and met area: fog; LaGuardia Field flights canceled
US Steel Corp reiterates demand for OPA approval of price increase based on past and future costs
Mfr of Mark 10 and 11 Anti-Submarine Projector revealed
1945Michael Bishop, American author and educator (died 2023)[†]
Michael Lawson Bishop was an American author. Over five decades and in more than thirty books, he created what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern science fiction and fantasy literature."
1945Judith Roitman, American mathematician and academic[†]
Judith A. "Judy" Roitman is a mathematician, a retired professor at the University of Kansas. She specializes in set theory, topology, Boolean algebras, and mathematics education.
1945Neil Young, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Neil Percival Young is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. Son of journalist, sportswriter, and novelist Scott Young, Neil embarked on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s. Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the beginning of his solo career, often backed by the band Crazy Horse, he released critically acclaimed albums such as Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), After the Gold Rush (1970), Harvest (1972), On the Beach (1974), and Rust Never Sleeps (1979). He was also a part-time member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, with whom he recorded the chart-topping 1970 album Déjà Vu.