conf com approves bill, 8-2; bill features 2-yr statute of limitations with reservation on State laws, end of Fed Ct jurisdiction in certain cases, employers good faith and amendment of liquidated damages provision of Fair Labor Standards Act; Sen McGrath explains his refusal to sign; Repr Celler away; com chmn Sen Donnell comments

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House Cuts Foreign Relief To $200,000,000, Sets Curb; FOREIGN AID BILL SLASHED BY HOUSE

By C.p. Trussell

bill with amendments cutting funds to $200 million and curbing supply distribution in USSR-dominated areas passed, House sitting as com-of-the whole; curbs outlined; bill passed without revision, Sen com; proposal to appt US foreign relief admr approved, House and Sen com

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Notable Births

1947Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic^[†]

Paul Stuart Fiddes is an English Baptist theologian and novelist.

1947Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist^[†]

Finn Bjørn Kalvik is a Norwegian singer and composer. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981.

1947Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager^[†]

Tom Køhlert is a Danish football manager and former player who managed Brøndby IF from 1979 to 1985 and several times later as a caretaker. He led the club to its first ever Danish championship in 1985. He has also functioned as a caretaker for the club's first team on two occasions. He currently coaches lower-tier club Gilleleje FK.

1947Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets^[†]

Mats Christer Johannes Odell is a Swedish politician. He served as Minister of Communications (Transport) from 1991 to 1994 and as Minister for Financial Markets from 2006 to 2010.

Historical Events

1947In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.^[†]

Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, the 32nd-most populous, and the ninth-least densely populated U.S. state. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's population live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area, including three of the state's four largest incorporated cities. Nevada's capital is Carson City. Las Vegas is the largest city in the state. Nevada is the westernmost U.S. state without coastline and also the westernmost landlocked first-level country subdivison in the Americas.