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USSR bloc blames US and GB for alleged prosecution lag, UN Assembly; Min McNeil and C Fahy reject charges; Yugoslav move to speed extradition defeated 40-7; Brit resolution to continue current procedure adopted; text
Asks OS to increase Greek aid funds to meet costs of guerrilla warfare refugees
LaGUARDIA FIELD: 78 flights canceled by flood; illus
Testimonial dinner given by Westchester County Repub Com
1947Ted Hendricks, Guatemalan-American football player[†]
Theodore Paul Hendricks, nicknamed "the Mad Stork," is a Guatemalan-American former professional football linebacker who played for 15 seasons with the Baltimore Colts, the Green Bay Packers, and the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders in the National Football League (NFL).
1947Nick Owen, English journalist[†]
Nicholas Corbishley Owen is an English television presenter and newsreader, best known for presenting the ITV breakfast programme Good Morning Britain, Good Morning with Anne and Nick, ITV Sport, and the BBC's regional news show Midlands Today since 1997. He was also the chairman of Luton Town Football Club between 2008 and 2017.
1947Jim Steinman, American songwriter and producer (died 2021)[†]
James Richard Steinman was an American composer, lyricist and record producer. He also worked as an arranger, pianist, and singer. His work included songs in the adult contemporary, rock, dance, pop, musical theater, and film score genres. He wrote albums for Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf, including Bat Out of Hell, and also wrote and produced Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell and Tyler's Faster Than the Speed of Night.