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Truman vetoes tax reduction bill; cites Jan message; favors needed adjustments in incomes, production and prices through business-labor action
France proposes Eur producing countries and US draft aid plan; Paris awaits Bevin; USSR failure to reply to French inv to Paris conf noted; French reaction to plan
Mayor O'Dwyer plans personnel increase if crime wave continues
1947Christopher Allport, American actor (died 2008)[†]
Christopher Allport was an American actor.
1947Timothy Wright, American gospel singer, pastor (died 2009)[†]
Timothy Wright, generally credited as Rev. Timothy Wright or Reverend Timothy Wright on recordings, was an American gospel singer and pastor.
1947Linda Chavez, American journalist and author[†]
Linda Lou Chavez is an American author, commentator, and radio talk show host. She is also a Fox News analyst, Chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, has a syndicated column that appears in newspapers nationwide each week, and sits on the board of directors of two Fortune 500 companies: Pilgrim's Pride and ABM Industries. Chavez was the highest-ranking woman in President Ronald Reagan's White House, and was the first Latina ever nominated to the United States Cabinet, when President George W. Bush nominated her Secretary of Labor. She withdrew from consideration for the position when the media published allegations that she had employed an illegal immigrant a decade earlier. In 2000, Chavez was named a Living Legend by the Library of Congress.
1947George S. Clinton, American composer and songwriter[†]
George Stanley Clinton Jr. is an American composer, songwriter, arranger, and session musician.
1947Gregg Rolie, American rock singer-songwriter and keyboard player[†]
Gregg Alan Rolie is an American keyboardist, singer and songwriter. Rolie served as lead singer of the bands Santana and Journey – both of which he co-founded. He also helmed rock group the Storm, performed in Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band until 2021, and since 2001 with his Gregg Rolie Band. Rolie is a two-time inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, having been inducted both as a member of Santana in 1998 and as a member of Journey in 2017.
1947Paul Young, English singer-songwriter (died 2000)[†]
Paul Young was a British singer and songwriter. He achieved success in the bands Sad Café and Mike + the Mechanics.