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1948Art Hindle, Canadian actor and director[†]
Arthur Hindle is a Canadian actor and television director. He won the Gemini Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his portrayal of news director Mike Fennell on the CTV drama E.N.G. (1989-94). His other notable television roles include Jeff Farraday on Dallas (1981-82), Harry Dobbs on North of 60 (1996-97), Pete Braga on Paradise Falls (2001-08), and Grandpa Hobbie on Holly Hobbie (2021-23).
1948Cat Stevens, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Yusuf Islam, commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician. He has sold more than 100 million records and has more than two billion streams. His musical style consists of folk, rock, pop, and, later in his career, Islamic music. Following two decades in which he performed only music which met strict religious standards, he returned to making secular music in 2006. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. He has received two honorary doctorates and awards for promoting peace as well as other humanitarian awards.
1948Garry Trudeau, American cartoonist[†]
Garretson Beekman Trudeau is an American cartoonist best known for creating the Doonesbury comic strip.
1948Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (born 1904)[†]
Arshile Gorky was an Armenian-American painter who had a seminal influence on Abstract Expressionism. He spent the last years of his life as a national of the United States. Along with Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning, Gorky has been hailed as one of the most powerful American painters of the 20th century. The suffering and loss he experienced in the Armenian genocide had crucial influence on Gorky's development as an artist.
Special grand jury, sitting in NYC for yr, hands up indictment against 12 Communist leaders, namely W Z Foster, C Winter, B Davis, J Williamson, E Dennis, H Winston, J Stachel, R Thompson, J Gates, I Potash, G Green and G Hall; charged with conspiracy to violate Smith Act of '40 which makes it criminal offense to advocate Govt overthrow by force; Foster, Stachel, Winston, Davis, Dennis and Williamson arrested; arraigned; plead innocent; bail fixed; Communist party statement links move to Truman effort to win '48 election and to embarrass H A Wallace party; calls arrests Amer version of Reichstag fire; biographies of 9 involved
Dewey campaign mgr Brownell says Cong rump session convened in atmosphere of pol cannot enact Repub platform; White House 2d announcement on Truman program
communique, issued as meeting ends, states powers accord on many internatl problems; outlines plans to implement Brussels pact
Survey shows US indus decline toward pre-war status
O'Dwyer agrees on Hogan, Judges McNally or Mullen in place of Impellitteri or Valente; Rogers gets Tammany majority authority to back Mullen; Valente refuses to withdraw; Liberal party backs Frankenthaler; will withdraw L J Rosett; Dambroff, Byrnes, Valente, Impellitteri, Frankenthaler petitions filed
Truman proclaims draft regis dates; no induction date set
Fed Ct rules ASCAP had violated anti-trust laws by demanding fees from NYC theatres showing films with soc's music; curbs against group noted; relief to be given to plaintiffs cited
USSR offers to feed all Berlin; US and Brit reaction; stocks held inadequate
Joseph rept; holds 1c rise enough; cos ask time to study rept; 3d Av Transit asks and gets immediate hearing; O'Dwyer admits need for speed but warns cos on pressurizing officials
Pres Truman to seek loan approval at session; loan seen part of bi-partisan foreign policy
US Steel raises prices 9.6%; Fairless statement text
Israeli encirclement of Latrun just before truce revealed; 2d Tel Aviv-Jerusalem rd further south controlled by Jews; held beter than rd through Latrun