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WAA repts on investigation of 374 complaints of priority misuse
Mysterious swarm of rockets passes over Stockholm from southeast to northwest; Washington, DC, rept believes missiles come from Ger rocket test site at Peenemunde in USSR occupation zone
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YUGOSLAVIA: Yugoslav fighter planes force down US C-47 plane flying from Vienna to Italy; plane lands near Ljubljana badly damaged; 2 hurt; Yugoslavia protests to US against alleged violations of territory by US planes; lists 176 flights in 7 mos; US officials, Rome, silent on charge; incident marks 1st use of armed force against US plane by a Eur nation since war end
1946Terry Nutkins, English television host and author (died 2012)[†]
Terence Paul Nutkins was an English naturalist. He appeared in the UK children's programmes Animal Magic, The Really Wild Show, Brilliant Creatures and Growing Up Wild.