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US Sup Ct scores police power abuse in 3 decisions upsetting convictions of 4 men on various charges
Fed Ct orders 14 held for defrauding Govt of 2.3 million for moving non-existent aluminum factory from Italy; 3 high aides of Peron regime charged with taking bribes
Riley repts armistice talks started
W Berlin Govt wants 3 western sectors merged; western Mil Govs set meeting reptdly on forming joint adm; map
16 rr and ss cos assail 'so-called' deficit; urge elimination of $42 million irrelevant debt
1948Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (died 1982)[†]
Leslie Conway "Lester" Bangs was an American music journalist and critic. He wrote for Creem and Rolling Stone magazines and was also a performing musician. The music critic Jim DeRogatis called him "America's greatest rock critic".
1948Kim Beazley, Australian politician and diplomat, 9th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia[†]
Kim Christian Beazley is an Australian former politician and diplomat. Since 2022 he has served as chairman of the Australian War Memorial. Previously, he was leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 1996 to 2001 and 2005 to 2006, having previously been a cabinet minister in the Hawke and Keating governments. After leaving parliament, he served as ambassador to the United States from 2010 to 2016 and 33rd governor of Western Australia from 2018 to 2022.
1948Boudewijn Büch, Dutch author, poet, and television host (died 2002)[†]
Boudewijn Maria Ignatius Büch was a Dutch writer, poet and television presenter.
1948Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (died 2011)[†]
Peeter Kreitzberg was an Estonian politician, member of parliament and a member of the Social Democratic Party. Kreitzberg served as the Estonian Minister of Culture and Education from April to November 1995. He also taught at Tallinn University from 1997 to 2011.
1948Dee Wallace, American actress[†]
Dee Wallace, also known as Dee Wallace Stone, is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Mary Taylor in the 1982 blockbuster science-fiction film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
1948Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.[†]
Thomas Toliver Goldsmith Jr. was an American television pioneer, the co-inventor of the cathode-ray tube amusement device, and a professor of physics at Furman University.