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July 18, 1947

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PAUL ROSS HEADS RENT COMMISSION; Mayor's Aide Will Start Work at Once -- 12 Hotels Accept Payments at Old Rates Ross Heads City Rent Commission; 12 Hotels Take Old Rate Payments ADMINISTERING THE OATH TO RENT CONTROL GROUP MEMBERS

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O'Dwyer appts P L Ross chmn, Prof Finkelstein and F A McKowne temporary comm to administer hotel rent law; Ross and Finkelstein taking oath illus; P H Hofstra on seeming Fed-local law conflict; outstanding OPA eviction ctfs seen jeopardized as Munic Ct dismisses eviction proceedings by Mrs Spina against Mrs Frisch

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Notable Births

Steve Forbes

1947Steve Forbes, American publisher and politician[โ€ ]

Malcolm Stevenson Forbes Jr. is an American publishing executive and politician who is the editor-in-chief of Forbes, a business magazine. He is the son of longtime Forbes publisher Malcolm Forbes and the grandson of that publication's founder B.C. Forbes. He is an adviser at the Forbes School of Business & Technology. Forbes was a candidate in the 1996 and 2000 Republican presidential primaries. He was also appointed chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting (BIB) in 1985, and was reappointed again in 1993.

Notable Deaths

Evald Tipner

1947Evald Tipner, Estonian footballer and ice hockey player (born 1906)[โ€ ]

Evald Tipner was an Estonian footballer widely regarded as one of the greatest Estonian goalkeepers of all time. He was capped 66 times for Estonia national football team, 7 times for bandy national team and once for ice hockey team. Tipner was also a good track and field athlete.