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offers revised version of his resolution for UN investigation of Spain, Security Council
US plan for speedy Austrian rehabilitation, including 4-power guarantee of her new frontiers, reptd to De revealed soon
Agr Dept survey of supplies; stocks at 8-yr low; storage, exports and deficit estimated; Anderson comments
battleship Nevada chosen as target bullseye
1946Ralph Coates, English international footballer (died 2010)[†]
Ralph Coates was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. Coates played for Burnley, Tottenham Hotspur and Orient, making 480 appearances in the Football League. From 1970 to 1971, he played for the England national team, earning four caps.
1946Marilyn Nelson, American poet and author[†]
Marilyn Nelson is an American poet, translator, biographer, and children's book author. She is a professor emeritus at the University of Connecticut, and the former Poet Laureate of Connecticut. She is a winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature, and the Frost Medal. From 1978 to 1994, she published under the name Marilyn Nelson Waniek. She is the author or translator of more than twenty books and five chapbooks of poetry for adults and children. While most of her work deals with historical subjects, in 2014 she published a memoir, named one of NPR's Best Books of 2014, entitled How I Discovered Poetry.
1946Alberto Quintano, Chilean footballer[†]
Alberto Fernando Quintano Ralph, commonly known as El Mariscal, is a Chilean former professional footballer. He played as a defender for Universidad de Chile in Chile's Primera División.
1946James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (born 1882)[†]
James Larkin White was a cowboy, guano miner, cave explorer, and park ranger for the National Park Service. He is best remembered as the discoverer, early promoter and explorer of what is known today as Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.