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Sen debate on continuance revolves about Truman agreement to transfer war com income tax investigative powers to Com on Expenditures in Exec Depts
Govt announces winning 327 of 372 seats in Parliament; Peasant party wins only 24 seats; Mikolajczyk assured a seat; 30 reptd dead in clashes; US and GB showdown on relations seen forced by results; Govt's lead only 3 to 1 in Warsaw; possibility of GB withholding gold reserve seen
NY Central RR lays-off 7,000 employes as part of program to prevent new losses; Penna RR to issue statement on personnel plans; C & O RR repts operation expansions
Marshall plane grounded in Chicago because of bad weather; installation delayed
1947Andrzej Bachleda, Polish former alpine skier[†]
Andrzej Jan Bachleda-Curuś is a Polish former alpine skier who competed in the 1968 Winter Olympics and 1972 Winter Olympics. In 1968 he finished 6th in slalom race.
1947Jill Eikenberry, American actress[†]
Jill Susan Eikenberry is an American film, stage, and television actress. She is known for her role as lawyer Ann Kelsey on the NBC drama L.A. Law (1986–94), for which she is a five-time Emmy Award and four-time Golden Globe Award nominee, winning the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series in 1989. She received an Obie Award in 1986 for the Off-Broadway plays Lemon Sky and Life Under Water, and was nominated for a 2011 Drama Desk Award for the Off-Broadway musical The Kid. Her film appearances include Hide in Plain Sight (1980), Arthur (1981) and The Manhattan Project (1986).
1947Dorian M. Goldfeld, American mathematician[†]
Dorian Morris Goldfeld is an American mathematician working in analytic number theory and automorphic forms at Columbia University.
1947Pye Hastings, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Julian Frederick Gordon 'Pye' Hastings is a British musician. Born in Scotland and raised in Canterbury, Kent, he is the guitarist and vocalist of the Canterbury scene band Caravan and brother of Jimmy Hastings.
1947Michel Jonasz, French singer-songwriter and actor[†]
Michel Jonasz is a French composer-songwriter, singer and actor. His compositions include: La boîte de jazz, Joueurs de blues and Les vacances au bord de la mer.
1947Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (died 2017)[†]
Joseph Nicolosi was an American clinical psychologist who advocated and practised "reparative therapy", a form of the pseudoscientific treatment of conversion therapy that he claimed could help people overcome or mitigate their homosexual desires and replace them with heterosexual ones. Nicolosi was a founder and president of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH).
1947Giuseppe Savoldi, Italian footballer[†]
Giuseppe Savoldi is an Italian former professional football player and coach, who played during the sixties, seventies and eighties, as a forward. A versatile attacker, he played club football in Italy for Atalanta, Bologna and S.S.C. Napoli, and represented the Italy national side at international level.
1947Roberto Zywica, Argentine footballer[†]
Roberto Zywica was an Argentine football player and manager.