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6 held, Newark, NJ, in alleged theft of 750 guns from Raritan arsenal and conspiracy to ship them to CR
truck union postpones strike in answer to O'Dwyer plea, membership meeting; refuses $1.50 pay offer and other concessions; O'Dwyer conf scenes, illus
Illus of House and Sen Foreign Affairs Coms prospective and retiring chmn
Vatican excommunicates all who aided arrest; text; Cardinal Marchetti-Selvagiani comment; Cardinal Mooney asks UN protest
UN order delayed; fighting continues; Israel claims downing 2 Egyptian planes; rumors of new attacks on Faluja and Gaza denied; UN observers rept Gaza surrounded; Riley bars observers visits to front; Cairo claims Israeli retreat
1948Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2014)[†]
William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Hearts and represented Scotland. He played over 1000 professional games and twice won the Scottish Football Writers Association Player of the Year award. He won several honours with Rangers, including two domestic trebles in 1976 and 1978, and was part of the Rangers team that won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972. He won 38 caps for Scotland and played in the 1974 and 1978 World Cups. Jardine was also co-manager of Hearts with Alex MacDonald and later worked for Rangers.
1948Malcolm Campbell, English racing driver and journalist (born 1885)[†]
Major Sir Malcolm Campbell was a British racing motorist and motoring journalist. He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times, using vehicles called Blue Bird, including a 1921 Grand Prix Sunbeam. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition by holding both land speed and water speed records.