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Sen Repub Conf votes Millikin-sponsored $4.5 billion cut; Dem Policy Com indicates approval of Millikin proposal; Sen Barkley and other Dems file minority rept opposing Joint Com resolution for $6 billion cut; House Rules Com clears Joint Com resolution for floor consideration
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State troopers bar from Capitol Emergency Com on Rent and Housing and other groups demonstrating for rent control and funds; Assemblyman Heck charges A K Stern with leading Communist attempt at sit-down strike in Legis chambers; situation discussed; illus
strike ends through com efforts; men notified to return to work; accord signed; union and mgt to name com to settle dispute with Maguire's aid; Tuttle com to try to bring other unions into master accord to prevent future strikes
1947Jackie Curtis, American actress and playwright (died 1985)[†]
Jackie Curtis was an American underground actor, singer, and playwright best known as a Warhol superstar. Primarily a stage actor in New York City, Curtis performed as a man and performed in drag.
1947Tim Shadbolt, New Zealand businessman and politician, 42nd Mayor of Invercargill[†]
Sir Timothy Richard Shadbolt is a New Zealand politician. He was the Mayor of Invercargill from 1998 to 2022, and previously Mayor of Waitemata City.