The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) was accused of illegally engaging in a world-wide cartel and conspiracy to monopolize music -performing rights in a suit filed in Federal court here yesterday by the Anti-trust Division of the Department of Justice.

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1947Clarissa Dickson Wright, English chef, author, and television personality (died 2014)^[†]

Clarissa Theresa Philomena Aileen Mary Josephine Agnes Elsie Trilby Louise Esmerelda Johnston Dickson Wright was an English celebrity cook, television personality, writer, businesswoman, and barrister. She was best known as one of the Two Fat Ladies, with Jennifer Paterson, in the television cooking programme from 1996 to 1999. She was an accredited cricket umpire and one of only two women to become a Guild Butcher.

1947Mick Fleetwood, English-American drummer^[†]

Michael John Kells Fleetwood is a British musician, songwriter and actor. He is the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of the group's bassist John "Mac" McVie to form the name of the band, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Fleetwood Mac in 1998.

1947Peter Weller, American actor and director^[†]

Peter Francis Weller is an American actor and television director. He has appeared in more than 70 films and television series, including RoboCop (1987) and its sequel RoboCop 2 (1990), in which he played the titular character; The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); and Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). He appeared in such films as Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995), the Oliver Stone-produced The New Age (1994), and David Cronenberg's adaptation of William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch (1991).

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1947Emil Seidel, American politician, Mayor of Milwaukee (born 1864)^[†]

Emil Seidel was an American woodworker, patternmaker and politician. Seidel was the mayor of Milwaukee from 1910 to 1912. The first Socialist mayor of a major city in the United States, Seidel became the vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America in the 1912 presidential election.

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1947Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington.^[†]

Kenneth Albert Arnold was an American aviator, businessman, and politician.

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SOVIET WELCOMED TO PARLEY ON AID BY FRANCE, BRITAIN; But Fears That Russians May Block Progress Are Noted in Paris and London BASIC DIVISIONS INVOLVED French Hope That Conference, Beginning Friday, Will End Its Work Within Week SOVIET WELCOMED TO PARLEY ON AID

MINERS WALK OUT; Other Strikes and Court Battling Threatened in Wide Reprisal GREEN URGES A REVERSAL He Warns of Danger to Nation -- Murray Summons Union Heads to Take Action Miners Strike to Defy New Law As Unions Plan Immediate Tests

ASCAP SUED BY U.S. AS A WORLD TRUST; Society Quits International Unit in London as Membership Is Under Attack Here ASCAP SUED BY U.S. AS A WORLD TRUST

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