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4 former non-scheduled lines get 1st CAB permits to run regular all-cargo services; puts potential vol at 1 billion ton-mi yrly
US Army Dept (Ferguson) com charges US Mil Govt aides fail to implement W Ger decartelization program; S S Isseks blames Under-Sec Draper, L Wilkinson, R Bronson and P Hawkins; urges Bronson and Hawkins ouster; criticizes Gen Clay; com scores Mil Govt method
suspended indefinitely; Comr Chandler sets hearing; Boysen unhurt; released from hosp
Army issues lr on wearing restrictions for various occasions
Cardinal Spellman conf with Weizmann; conf linked to Pope plea; issue held major factor in Israeli bid for UN membership
1949Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager[†]
Philip Mason Garner is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as an infielder with the Oakland Athletics, Pittsburgh Pirates, Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants from 1973 to 1988. With the Pirates, he won the 1979 World Series over the Baltimore Orioles. He was manager of the Astros from July 14, 2004 to August 27, 2007, leading Houston to a World Series appearance in 2005.
1949António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations[†]
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who is serving as the ninth and current secretary-general of the United Nations since 2017. A member of the Portuguese Socialist Party, Guterres served as the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002.
1949Karl Meiler, German tennis player (died 2014)[†]
Karl Meiler was a tennis player from West Germany who was active in the 1970s and 1980s.