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1948Mark Farner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Mark Fredrick Farner is an American musician. He was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary Christian musician.
1948Bryant Gumbel, American journalist and sportscaster[†]
Bryant Charles Gumbel is an American television journalist and sportscaster. He was best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's Today. His older brother was sportscaster Greg Gumbel. From 1995 to 2023, he hosted HBO's acclaimed investigative series Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, which has been rated as "flat out TV's best sports program" by the Los Angeles Times. It won a Peabody Award in 2012.
1948Theo Jörgensmann, German clarinet player and composer (died 2025)[†]
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann was a German jazz clarinetist. He belonged to the second generation of European free jazz musicians. He was part of the clarinet renaissance in the jazz and improvising music scene, one of a few clarinet players for whom unaccompanied solo recordings were a significant part of his work.
1948John M. McHugh, American politician[†]
John Michael McHugh is an American politician from the U.S. state of New York who served as the 21st United States Secretary of the Army, and represented the state's 23rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
C G Hubbard describes his discovery of cairn from helicopter which rescued him after he was stranded 3 days ashore; Dufek search noted
Any chance of the city's registration for the November election reaching the expected record total of 4,000,000 disappeared early this morning, when tabulation was completed for the first two days of the six-day period. It showed that 865,547 voters had qualified in that period, compared with 944,450 for the first two days in 1944, the last Presidential election year.
House com continues hearings; Thomas says testimony of one person who appeared, assoc of Adams, was sent to Justice Dept with recommendation for prosecution for perjury; Vail heads new subcom sent to Milwaukee to gather new evidence; com makes pub excerpts of testimony given by Chapin on Adams and Hiskey; by Kamen; Nelson denies charges
US orders W Berlin civil police to halt smuggling of goods from US sector; police interpret order as ban on all shipments from sector; halt over 50 USSR trucks and seize cargo
Dewey s on Berlin crisis, peace prospects and their effect on need for development of West, ss, Missoula, Mont, Spokane and elsewhere in Washington
Premier Spaak says Brussels pact was produced by fear of USSR, not warmongering, s, UN Assembly
Supt Jansen and A G Clauson deny Communist infiltration, House subcom hearing; G Timone charges Teachers Union recommends allegedly subversive pubs for school use; illus
PARIS, Sept. 28 -- Formation of a permanent common military organization for defense of Western Europe was officially announced today at the close of the two-day meeting of the National Defense Ministers of France, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
backs Count Bernadotte plan for Palestine, s
Govt raises amt to be paid Brit investors
Truman answers Repub charges on Communist issue, s, Okla City; charges Repubs help Communists who want Repub victory; s broadcast; he makes other stops in Okla; 24 ss made in Tex