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APPARENTLY one of the more magnanimous persons on Broadway, Joshua Logan has taken the actor unemployment situation rather seriously. Now engaged in directing Henry Fonda and some thirty other players in "Mister Roberts," Mr. Logan had let it be known that he would not deal exclusively with agents and that anyone who applied would be seen and possibly heard for a role.
Columbia's favored basketball team revealed a dazzling passing game to subdue the Dartmouth quintet in an Eastern Intercollegiate League encounter on the Columbia court last night.
distillers dispute with Anderson discussed; invocation of anti-inflation act to substitute voluntary measure for allocations held possible
Form in basketball means as much as it does in any other sport, except when intracity rivals cross paths. Then facts and figures fall by the wayside just as they did last night at Madison Square Garden, where C.C.N.Y. toppled Manhattan College, 46 -- 43. Nat Holman's Beavers were favored and came through, but the margin was hardly convincing.
Urges Govt oil control during emergency period
1948Fritz Bohla, German footballer and manager[†]
Fritz Bohla is a former German football player and manager.
1948Joe Harper, Scottish footballer and manager[†]
Joseph Montgomery Harper is a Scottish former footballer, mainly remembered for his two spells with Aberdeen, during which he won the three main domestic trophies once each and became the club's record goalscorer with 199 goals in major competitions. He also played for Morton and Hibernian in Scotland, and for Huddersfield Town and Everton in England. He finished his career in the Highland League.
1948Wajima Hiroshi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 54th Yokozuna (died 2018)[†]
Wajima Hiroshi was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Nanao, Ishikawa. He was the sport's 54th yokozuna and is the first wrestler with a collegiate background to reach its highest rank. Entering professional sumo in January 1970, he won a total of 14 tournament championships or yūshō during his career before retiring in March 1981. He was nicknamed "Golden Left" in reference to his trademark gold mawashi and his preferred technique of a left-handed underarm throw. He was later head coach of Hanakago stable, but after several controversies, Wajima was forced to leave the sumo world and turned to professional wrestling.
1948Madeline Manning, American runner and coach[†]
Madeline Manning Mims is a former American runner and Olympic champion. Between 1967 and 1981 she won ten national titles and set a number of American records. She participated in the 1968, 1972, and 1976 Summer Olympics. She likely also would have participated in the 1980 Games in Moscow, had they not been boycotted by the United States. At the 1968 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 800 m, one of only two American women to win this event. Until 2008, she was the youngest winner of the event. At the 1972 Games in Munich she won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay with teammates Mable Fergerson, Kathy Hammond, and Cheryl Toussaint. When she was three years old, she was diagnosed with spinal meningitis and not expected to live. She recovered, but was consistently sick until she was a teen.
1948Terry Williams, Welsh drummer[†]
Terrence Williams is a retired Welsh rock drummer. During the 1970s and early 1980s Williams was drummer with Dave Edmunds / Rockpile and Man. Rockpile split in 1981 and Williams joined Dire Straits from 1982 until 1988.