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Acheson explains pact draft to Sen com secret session; Reston sees compromise succeeding; Vandenberg and Connally roles cited; illus
lauded by Sec Bevin, message to Gen Robertson; special lift for ill children authorized; Sec Acheson lauds lift, wire to Gen Clay
Medina limits time for defense attys cross-exam of McKenzie against their objections; says they have proved nothing in attack on jury system
P Reed urges Govt encourage private enterprise instead of seeking controls, Cong com hearing
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Feb. 18 -- Motion picture stars in California were next on Gerard Graham Dennis' list of prospective burglary victims, he told District Attorney George M. Fanelli and the Westchester police chiefs here today when questioned concerning memoranda found in his wallet.
1949Danielle Bunten Berry, American game designer and programmer (died 1998)[†]
Danielle Bunten Berry, was an American game designer and programmer, known for the 1983 game M.U.L.E., one of the first influential multiplayer video games, and 1984's The Seven Cities of Gold.
1949Eddie Hardin, English singer-songwriter and pianist (died 2015)[†]
Eddie Hardin was an English rock pianist and singer-songwriter. Born Edward Harding, he was best known for his associations with the Spencer Davis Group, Axis Point, and Hardin & York. Hardin, along with the drummer, Pete York, left the Spencer Davis Group on 26 October 1968, due to 'differences over musical policy'.
1949Barry Lloyd, English footballer and manager (died 2024)[†]
Barry David Lloyd was an English professional footballer and manager. As a player, he most notably played as a midfielder in the Football League for Fulham, for whom he was captain and made over 280 appearances for the club. He also played League football for Brentford, Hereford United and Chelsea. After his retirement as a player, Lloyd managed Brighton & Hove Albion and non-League clubs Worthing and Yeovil Town.
1949William Messner-Loebs, American author and illustrator[†]
William Francis Messner-Loebs is an American comics artist and writer from Michigan, also known as Bill Loebs and Bill Messner-Loebs. His hyphenated surname is a combination of his and his wife Nadine's unmarried surnames.
1949Ezra Pound is awarded the first Bollingen Prize in poetry by the Bollingen Foundation and Yale University.[†]
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a collaborator in Fascist Italy and the Salò Republic during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and The Cantos.