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Truman issues summary of budget outlook for fiscal yr '46; receipts higher and expenditures lower by 7-billion dollars since Jan estimates; Pres states aim to balance budget during '47 fiscal yr
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Comments on Pres Truman denouncing of Navy officers for lack of support in proposed armed services merger
1946John Dunsworth, Canadian actor and comedian (died 2017)[†]
John Francis Dunsworth was a Canadian actor and filmmaker. He was best known for playing trailer park supervisor Jim Lahey, the antagonist on the comedy series Trailer Park Boys (2001–2018). His other roles included the mysterious reporter Dave Teagues on the supernatural drama series Haven (2010–2015) and Officer McNabb in the CBC film Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003). He also had extensive experience in regional theater.
1946Ed O'Neill, American actor and comedian[†]
Edward Leonard O'Neill is an American actor, comedian, and former football player. Over his career, he has earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.
1946George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen, Scottish politician and diplomat, 10th Secretary General of NATO[†]
George Islay MacNeill Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen is a British politician who served as the 10th Secretary General of NATO from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Labour Party, he previously served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1997 to 1999 and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 1993 to 1997. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hamilton South from 1978 to 1999 and was appointed to the House of Lords as a life peer in 2000.