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29 Westchester dealers halt deliveries as truckmen strike against Pelham Coal & Oil Co over closed-shop issue; Gov Dewey intervention urged
Adm Nimitz claims US rules sea, final rept; links sea-air power in event of war
Eaton offers Truman Adm bill, House com; Vandenberg delays Sen com action
$15 million more of US aid funds to go to Army and Natl Guard; Govt officials comment; US hints that aid was given for planned spring offensive; Army takes more points around Konitsa; over 100 reptd sent to Icaria for sympathy with guerrillas; other security measures noted; Vafiadis reptd to have set up guerrilla Govt seat in Grammos Mts village
1948Kenny Loggins, American singer-songwriter[†]
Kenneth Clark Loggins is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His early songs were recorded with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1970, which led to seven albums recorded with Jim Messina as Loggins and Messina from 1972 to 1977. His early soundtrack contributions date back to A Star Is Born in 1976, and he is known as the "King of the Movie Soundtrack". As a solo artist, Loggins experienced a string of soundtrack successes, including an Academy Award nomination for "Footloose" in 1985. Finally Home was released in 2013, shortly after Loggins formed the group Blue Sky Riders with Gary Burr and Georgia Middleman. He won a Daytime Emmy Award, two Grammy Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award.
1948Kentucky Air National Guard pilot Thomas Mantell crashes while in pursuit of a supposed UFO.[†]
The Kentucky Air National Guard (KY ANG) is the aerial militia of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the Kentucky Army National Guard, an element of the Kentucky National Guard of the much larger United States National Guard Bureau.