RENT CONTROL: Maj Gen Fleming admits responsibility for 10% rise order cancelled by Pres Truman, Sen com; urges continued controls with hardship adjustments; cites favorable position of landlords; landlords' complaints noted

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Notable Births

1947Adam Ingram, Scottish computer programmer and politician, Minister of State for the Armed Forces^[†]

Adam Paterson Ingram is a retired British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride, then East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow, from 1987 to 2010.

1947Normie Rowe, Australian singer-songwriter and actor^[†]

Norman John Rowe is an Australian singer and songwriter. He rose to national prominence in the mid-1960s as a pop star and teen idol, backed by The Playboys. His 1965 double A-side "Que Sera Sera"/"Shakin' All Over" was one of the most successful Australian singles of the decade.

1947Jessica Savitch, American journalist (died 1983)^[†]

Jessica Beth Savitch was an American television journalist who was the weekend anchor of NBC Nightly News and daily newsreader for NBC News during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Savitch was one of the first women to anchor an evening network newscast alone, following in the footsteps of Marlene Sanders of ABC News and Catherine Mackin of NBC News. She also hosted PBS's public affairs program Frontline from its January 1983 debut until her death in a car crash the following October.