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Kindred, H J: Emporia bankers believed to have been slain at own request to leave ins to wife; found to be in debt; W E Gayer, held, denies killing; ins men claim murder at own request is suicide, voiding policy
House com calls Obscure' witnesses, including servants to clarify Hiss-Chambers testimony conflicts; auto, cited in testimony as having been given to 'Crosley' by Hiss, revealed sold in '36
Chepurnykh repts he will return home; does not disclose date; Lomakin declines comment on expulsion and departure; ss line discloses he booked passage in July for Aug 28; illus
Pres Truman conf with staff on law repeal strategy, aboard yacht
USSR frees Headen, Turner and Myers: tension eases; troops seize Ger photographer; other incidents; illus; treatment by USSR described by Headen
1948Kim Sung-il, South Korean commander and pilot[†]
Kim Sung-il (Korean: 김성일) is a former Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force.
1948Jean Michel Jarre, French pianist, composer, and producer[†]
Jean-Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and record producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and new-age genres, and is known for organising outdoor spectacles featuring his music, accompanied by vast laser displays, large projections and fireworks.
1948Sauli Niinistö, Finnish captain and politician, 12th President of Finland[†]
Sauli Väinämö Niinistö is a Finnish politician who served as the 12th president of Finland from 2012 to 2024.
1948Alexander McCall Smith, Rhodesian-Scottish author and educator[†]
Sir Alexander "Sandy" McCall Smith is a Scottish legal scholar and author of fiction. He was raised in Southern Rhodesia and was formerly Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh. He became an expert on medical law and bioethics and served on related British and international committees. He has since become known as a fiction writer, with sales in English exceeding 40 million by 2010 and translations into 46 languages. He is known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. The "McCall" derives from his great-great-grandmother Bethea McCall, who married James Smith at Glencairn, Dumfries-shire, in 1833.