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Repr Gwynne offers master bill to end retroactive portal pay suits; says measure can be legally based on precedents laid down by Sup Ct; provisions noted; powerful backing seen; AP repts on amount of total suits filed
Members of Bldg Trades Employers Assn and AFL Bldg and Construction Trades Council agree on wage stabilization; pact assures 40-hr wk and pay rises; cuts overtime abuses and labor piracy; seen encouraging investment in field; C G Norman and H McSpedon announce pact
comment on timing of announcement and Byrnes earlier requests that he be permitted to resign
Major Cong battle expected on issue of revising tax rebate formula; union opposition to high rebate predicted
1947David Bowie, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2016)[†]
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie received particular acclaim for his work in the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, and his music and stagecraft have had a great impact on popular music.
1947Antti Kalliomäki, Finnish pole vaulter and politician[†]
Antti Kalliomäki is a Finnish politician and former athlete. Kalliomäki is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Finland (SDP) and was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1983 until 2011. He retired from politics in 2011.