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Air Line Pilots Assn pres D L Behncke claims craft are fire hazard; cites previous protests to CAB; Lockheed silent on Bencke charge
Pres Truman lauds US relief effort as Sec Anderson repts on US relief exports, yr ended June 30; Truman urges continued relief to aid world peace; Anderson repts worst famine danger ends but stresses continuing needs
H W Garsson and Fields leave stand demanding immunity from incriminating questions; Mead comments; Garsson document defends Erie and Batavia cos records; May, in answer to Mead written plea, will testify on certain conditions; Jacobson testimony noted; com discusses possibility of subpoena for May; May reply lr to Mead text
Repr McCormack sees no Anglo-American bloc created by US loan to GB; asserts there is a Soviet dominated bloc
1946Bob Kauffman, American basketball player and coach (died 2015)[†]
Robert Kauffman was an American professional basketball player and coach. Kaufmann was a three-time NBA All-Star.
1946Cheech Marin, American actor and comedian[†]
Richard Anthony "Cheech" Marin is a North American comedian and actor. He gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong, and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on Nash Bridges. He has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including Oliver & Company, The Lion King, The Lion King 1½, the Cars franchise, Coco, and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
1946Alfred Stieglitz, American photographer and curator (born 1864)[†]
Alfred Stieglitz was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his 50-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz was known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.