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US to withdraw troops and run some airbases with civilians, State Dept note to Govt; move awaits Parliament approval; some US-built fields to be transferred to Govt; text
USSR vetoes US resolution for UN investigation of Greek frontier incidents, UN Security Council session
Commerce Dept aide asserts Wallace will not make campaign ss
Survivor of Belgian airliner crash; por
1946Rose Garrard, English sculptor and author[†]
Rose Garrard is an installation, video and performance artist, sculptor, and author. Garrard's works have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Tate Gallery, the British Council maintained Great Britain pavilion at the 1984 Venice Biennale, and national galleries in Austria and Canada.
1946Moritz Leuenberger, Swiss lawyer and politician, 87th President of the Swiss Confederation[†]
Moritz Leuenberger is a Swiss politician and lawyer who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1995 to 2010. A member of the Social Democratic Party (SP/PS), he was President of the Swiss Confederation in 2001 and 2006. Leuenberger headed the Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications for the whole of his tenure as a Federal Councillor.
1946Mart Siimann, Estonian psychologist and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Estonia[†]
Mart Siimann is an Estonian politician. He was Prime Minister of Estonia from 1997 to 1999 as a member of the Estonian Coalition Party, and President of the Estonian Olympic Committee from 2001 to 2012.