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Mayor O'Dwyer cites improvement needs in asking for transit fare raise
Outlines US Munitions Bd plans for indus mobilization, s, NAM meeting
impose 24-hr curfew
announces organization of league; appeal to be made to every union member for $1 contribution
testifies, Sen com; Sens comment
1947Lawrence Cannon, Canadian businessman and politician, 9th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]
Lawrence Cannon, is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. In early 2006, he was made the Minister of Transport. On October 30, 2008, he relinquished oversight of Transport and was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was defeated in the 2011 federal election by the NDP's Mathieu Ravignat. He was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to France in May 2012, and he served in that position until September 2017.
1947Henk van Woerden, Dutch-South African painter and author (died 2005)[†]
Henk van Woerden was a Dutch painter and writer with close ties to South Africa.
1947Miroslav Vitouš, Czech-American bassist and songwriter[†]
Miroslav Ladislav Vitouš is a Czech jazz bassist. He is known as a founding member of the ensemble Weather Report, and for working as a bandleader and alongside Chick Corea, Jack DeJohnette and others.