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With the first of the Armed Forces Leave bonds maturing on April 1, a study of how World War II veterans have exercised the privilege of either holding or cashing them shows that, while nearly 70 per cent of the bonds issued has been cashed, the rate of exchange has been less than was estimated seven months ago.
CORAL GABLES, Fla., March 13 -- Saggy, Kentucky Derby hopeful of Stanley and Helen Sagner of Baltimore, carried top weight of 122 pounds to a hollow triumph in today's $11,200 E.R. Bradley Memorial Handicap at Tropical Park.
When the semi-finals in the eleventh annual national invitation callege bosketball tournament are contested at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night, the pairings will pit N.Y.U. against De Paul and Western Kentucky against St. Louis.
PHOENIX, Ariz., March 13 -- The Giants touched a new high in hitting today against the White Sox, with fifteen blows. They matched their American League rivals with two home-runs. They fell one short of the Pale Hose with four doubles.
hosp to merge with NYU-Bellevue Med Center; plan outlined
1948Tom Coburn, American physician and politician (died 2020)[†]
Thomas Allen Coburn was an American politician and physician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 2005 to 2015. A Republican, Coburn previously served as a United States representative from 1995 to 2001.
1948Billy Crystal, American actor, comedian, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
William Edward Crystal is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is known as a standup comedian and for his film and stage roles. Crystal has received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Award as well as nominations for three Grammy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2007, the Critics' Choice Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2023.
1948Theo Jansen, Dutch sculptor[†]
Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own and, collectively, are titled Strandbeest. The kinetic sculptures appear to walk. His animated works are intended to be a fusion of art and engineering. He has said that "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds." Some of his creations are reported to incorporate primitive logic gates for collision detection with obstacles such as the sea.