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US Sec Forrestal, apparently in reply to Wallace, says US has made clear its desire for practicable and enforceable control; Vice Adm Blandy stresses US mil forces anxiety for effective control
US Sec Wallace releases July 23 lr to Pres Truman on US policy; lr urges Truman negotiate treaty with USSR; scores US plan for step-by-step procedure in reaching pact; urges dropping veto issue as irrelevant; circumstances of lr release described
Apptd to OWMR advisory subcom to study wage stabilization policy
strike ends as Mayor O'Dwyer intervenes; hotels agree on 20% wage increase; hotels comment; AFM to vote on agreement; terms
Mgr cuts meat items from menu in protest against OPA price order; warns of restaurant shut-down
1946Benjamín Brea, Spanish-Venezuelan saxophonist, clarinet player, and conductor (died 2014)[†]
Benjamín Brea was a Spanish-born Venezuelan musician, arranger and teacher, mostly associated with jazz, even though he had the advantage to play several music genres in various bands as a soloist as well as sideman and conductor.
1946Nicholas Clay, English actor (died 2000)[†]
Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay was an English actor.
1946Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (died 1992)[†]
Kelvin Coe OBE was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. He died of AIDS-related illness in 1992.
1946Gailard Sartain, American actor (died 2025)[†]
Gailard Lee Sartain Jr. was an American actor who frequently played characters with roots in the South. He was a regular on the country music variety series Hee Haw and was also known for his roles in three of the Ernest movies and the TV series Hey Vern, It's Ernest!, which ran for one season on CBS in 1988. He was also a successful painter and illustrator.