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Cong awaits Truman tax proposals in budget message; Sen Taft opposition to increases noted
Seaboard & Western and Transocean hit by new CAB curbs on irregular carriers
Dutch action in NI seen causing unrest in Asia; stability of colonial areas seen threatened, Communist line strengthened
Announcements by Columbia Records Inc of new 7" 'microgroove' 33 rpm record for LP equipment and by RCA-Victor Records of a new record reproducing method seen as 'trade war' in record indus; co officials comment; devices described
workers authorize strike if talks fail; atty J J Corrigan comments
1949Kemal Derviş, Turkish economist and politician, Turkish Minister of Economy (died 2023)[†]
Kemal Derviş was a Turkish economist and politician who was head of the United Nations Development Programme. He was honored by the government of Japan for having "contributed to mainstreaming Japan's development assistance policy through the United Nations". In 2005, he was ranked 67th in the Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll conducted by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He was vice president and director of the global economy and development program at the Brookings Institution and part-time professor of international economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.
1949George Foreman, American boxer, actor, and businessman (died 2025)[†]
George Edward Foreman was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author. In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997, and was nicknamed "Big George". He was a two-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. He is the namesake of the George Foreman Grill.
1949Linda Lovelace, American pornographic actress and activist (died 2002)[†]
Linda Lovelace was an American pornographic actress who became famous for her performance in the 1972 hardcore film Deep Throat, which was an enormous success. She later alleged that her abusive husband, Chuck Traynor, had threatened and coerced her into participation. In her autobiography Ordeal, she described what took place behind the scenes. She later became a born-again Christian and a spokeswoman for the anti-pornography movement.
1949Erich von Drygalski, German geographer and geophysicist (born 1865)[†]
Erich Dagobert von Drygalski was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia.