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Dems consider move to bar com chmn from membership on other coms
Asks Pres Truman to let him resign; decision delayed; gets Duquesne hon degree; por
Navy Dept and Marine Corps hdqrs, Washington, rept they were not advised on Tsingtao moves
Repub Policy Com meeting; Taft backers win on rules change to validate his candidacy for chmnship; Taft re-elected Repub Policy Com chmn, defeating Lodge 28-14; Wherry defeats Knowland for floor leader; Millikin re-elected Sen Repub Conf chmn; Sen Saltonstall elected party whip as gesture to liberal group, otherwise defeated; Sen Ives comment; Policy Com other rules changed
1949Mick Mills, English footballer and manager[†]
Michael Dennis Mills MBE is an English former footballer who played for Ipswich Town, Southampton and Stoke City. He managed Stoke City, Colchester United and Birmingham City. During his career he achieved Ipswich Town's record number of appearances and captained England at the 1982 World Cup. He is 7th on the list of all-time appearances in the top-flight of English football with 658 league appearances, and fourth for outfield players.
1949Bwanga Tshimen, Congolese footballer[†]
Raymond Bwanga Tshimenu is a former footballer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bwanga won the 1973 African Footballer of the Year while with TP Mazembe in Lubumbashi. During his playing days in the early and mid 1970s he was nicknamed "Black Beckenbauer" by the African and French press due to his playing style.