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Big 5 meet as subcom
Special Sessions Ct convicts D Kaskel of Regency Pk Inc and Carol Mgt Corp for rent-gouging; conviction noted as 1st in Dist Atty Hogan drive
USSR protests US ban; US says ban is reprisal for USSR seizure of US-sponsored pubs
operators ask Lewis to resume parleys; act as united group; UMW blames operators for parley break-up; Lewis names 3 as responsible for situation; deplores strike talk
1948Elizabeth Buchan, English author and critic[†]
Elizabeth Buchan, née Oakleigh-Walker is a British writer of non-fiction and fiction books since 1985. In 1994, her novel Consider the Lily won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, and she was elected its eighteenth Chairman (1995–1997). Her novel, Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman (2001), has been made into a television film for CBS.
1948Joe Camilleri, Maltese-Australian singer-songwriter and saxophonist[†]
Joseph Vincent Camilleri, aka Jo Jo Zep, is a Maltese Australian singer-songwriter and musician. Camilleri has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons and The Black Sorrows. Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons' highest-charting single was "Hit & Run" from June 1979, which peaked at #12; Jo Jo Zep's "Taxi Mary" peaked at No. 11 in September 1982; and The Black Sorrows top single, "Chained to the Wheel", peaked at No. 9 in March 1989.
1948Jonathan Hyde, Australian-English actor[†]
Jonathan Stephen Geoffrey King, known professionally as Jonathan Hyde, is an Australian actor. Hyde is perhaps best known for roles as Herbert Arthur Runcible Cadbury in the comedy film Richie Rich (1994), Samuel Parrish and Van Pelt in the fantasy adventure film Jumanji (1995), J. Bruce Ismay in the epic romantic film Titanic (1997), Culverton Smith in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Warren Westridge in creature feature film Anaconda (1997), Dr. Allen Chamberlain in the adventure horror film The Mummy (1999), and Eldritch Palmer in the FX TV series The Strain. Although an Australian citizen, he has mostly lived in the United Kingdom since 1969, after his family left Australia.
1948Denis MacShane, Scottish journalist and politician, UK Minister of State for Europe[†]
Denis MacShane is a British former politician, author, commentator and convicted criminal who served as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 to 2005. He joined the Labour Party in 1970 and has held most party offices. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 to his forced resignation in 2012.
1948Leo Sayer, English-Australian singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Leo Sayer is an English and Australian singer and songwriter who has been active since the early 1970s. He has been an Australian citizen and resident since 2009.