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Consul Gen A Ward repts his staff safe in besieged Mukden
Ship unloading and rr movements continue under troop protection; Marseille strike blocks port; 80% of eastern mines resume output; Communists seek sympathy strikes expansion; police hold over 1/2 of northern mines
Israel routs F el Kawukji's army from Galilee bulge; orders cease-fire; bulk of Arabs reptd fled to Lebanon; only Iraqi and Trans-Jordan armies still intact; UN repts Israelis invading Lebanon after linking 2 forces at Sa'sa; map; Ramallah radio hints peace talks; Iraqis continue shelling on central front; Egypt charges continued fighting in Negeb; Trans-Jordan charges attack on Hebron
72% of 24 and 25-yr-olds in nation rejected; NYC has highest rejection rate, Los Angeles lowest; other large cities rates noted
I Ross, member of Austrian mission, slain in Vienna
1948Amani Abeid Karume, Zanzibar accountant and politician, 6th President of Zanzibar[†]
Amani Abeid Karume is a Tanzanian politician, the former president of Zanzibar. He held the office from 8 November 2000 to 3 November 2010. He is the son of Zanzibar's first president, Abeid Karume, and a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) PARTY. Currently, he is the Chancellor of Mbeya University of Science and Technology (MUST).
1948Mike Mendoza, English radio host and politician[†]
Michael David Mendoza is a British radio presenter and former politician best known for the overnight radio shows he presented on Talksport between 2004 and 2008, initially on weeknights before being moved to weekends in 2006. Mike joined Talksport after eleven years as overnight presenter with London's LBC. He is also known for fearing Talkradio presenter Iain Lee. Mendoza later joined his former Talksport colleague George Galloway on the Iranian government-funded news channel Press TV, presenting a thirteen-week television series entitled Off the Cuff for which he received a substantial payment from the Iranian government.
1948Phil Myre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Philippe Louis Myre is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, Atlanta Flames, St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Rockies and Buffalo Sabres. He featured in the 1980 Stanley Cup Finals with the Flyers.
1948Bill Woodrow, English sculptor and academic[†]
Bill Woodrow is a British sculptor.
1948Athenagoras I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, is enthroned.[†]
Athenagoras I of Constantinople, born Aristocles Matthaiou Spyrou, was Greek Orthodox Archbishop of North and South America from 1930 to 1948 and the 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1948 to 1972.