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statement on Brit Govt policy toward USSR criticized by Under-Sec McNeil
illus with Sec Byrnes, Paris
USSR delegation opposes setting up comm on Eur econ; conflict with US and GB noted
urges Fed aid in meat shortage, wire to Sec Anderson
force Frigid assembles in Fairbanks; trek from Anchorage described; Col Reichle on plans and purposes of Winter exercises; map
1946Andrea Dworkin, American activist and author (died 2005)[†]
Andrea Rita Dworkin was an American radical feminist writer and activist best known for her analysis of pornography. Her feminist writings, beginning in 1974, span 30 years. They are found in a dozen solo works: nine books of non-fiction, two novels, and a collection of short stories. Another three volumes were co-written or co-edited with US constitutional law professor and feminist activist Catharine A. MacKinnon.
1946John MacLachlan Gray, Canadian actor, playwright, and composer[†]
John MacLachlan Gray, OC is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio and print. He is best known for his stage musicals and for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TV's The Journal, as well as an author, speaker and social critic on cultural-political issues.
1946Mary Beth Hurt, American actress[†]
Mary Beth Hurt is a retired American actress of stage and screen. She is a three-time Tony Award-nominated actress.
1946Radha Krishna Mainali, Nepalese politician[†]
Radha Krishna Mainali, better known as R. K. Mainali is a Nepalese politician. In the early 1970s he was one of the radical communists who led the Jhapa rebellion, inspired by the Naxalite movement in India.
1946Louise Simonson, American author[†]
Louise Simonson is an American comic book writer and editor. She is best known for her work on comic book titles such as Conan the Barbarian, Power Pack, X-Factor, The New Mutants, Superman: The Man of Steel, and Steel. She is often referred to by the nickname "Weezie". Among the comic characters she co-created are Cable, Steel, Power Pack, Rictor, Doomsday and the X-Men villain Apocalypse.
1946Claudette Werleigh, Haitian Prime Minister[†]
Claudette Werleigh is a Haitian politician who served as the prime minister of Haiti from 1995 to 1996. She was Haiti's first female prime minister.
1946William Strunk Jr., American author and educator (born 1869)[†]
William Strunk Jr. was an American professor of English at Cornell University and the author of The Elements of Style (1918). After his former student E. B. White revised and extended the book, The Elements of Style became an influential guide to writing in the English language, informally known as “Strunk & White”.