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organization established, Paris; election; Premier Spaak, council chmn; Sir E Hall-Patch, exec chmn; R Marjolin, Sec Gen; council meets
USSR plan to curb Brit Eur Airways service to Vienna seen; Brit reaction
W Randolph wires Victory that council rejects pact as incompatible with ITU laws and policies; Victory baffled; replies
campaigning to close; Togliatti and Min Scelba s, Rome; Premier de Gasperi s, Naples; Soc Movement rally, Rome; L'Osservatore Romano urges Christian Dem victory; illus
Sen seen favoring 70 group force but action is slowed for cost study
1948Jan Hammer, Czech pianist, composer, and producer[â ]
Jan Hammer is a Czech-American musician, composer, and record producer. He rose to prominence while playing keyboards with the Mahavishnu Orchestra during the early 1970s, as well as with his film scores for television and film including "Miami Vice Theme" and "Crockett's Theme", from the 1980s television program Miami Vice. He has continued to work as both a musical performer and producer.
1948Alice Harden, American educator and politician (died 2012)[â ]
Alice Varnado Harden was a Democratic member of the Mississippi Senate, representing the 28th District from 1988 until her death. She lived in Jackson and represented Hinds County.
1948Pekka Vasala, Finnish runner[â ]
Pekka Antero Vasala is a retired Finnish middle-distance athlete who won an Olympic gold medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Vasala had a brilliant three-month period in 1972 when he won an Olympic gold medal at 1,500 meters and set a new European record in the 800 meters running 1:44.5. The time was only 0.2 seconds off the world record. His Olympic gold would be his only major international medal. He retired in 1974.
1948KantarÅ Suzuki, Japanese admiral and politician, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan (born 1868)[â ]
Baron KantarÅ Suzuki was a Japanese politician and admiral who served as prime minister of Japan from 7 April to 17 August 1945, during World War II. He was prime minister at the time of Japan's surrender on 15 August.