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K Wollman gives $600,000 to build Wollman Memorial recreation center, Central Pk; plans; illus; map
P R Porter outlines USSR methods of exploiting satellites, UN ECE
WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The House Rules Committee approved today for floor action a resolution calling for a joint Congressional investigation into lobbying activities and the effectiveness of the lobbyist registration and reporting act.
LONDON, May 16 -- While Communist pickets circled slowly past the entrance, a magistrate in Bow Street Police Court here ordered today that Gerhart Eisler, German Communist fugitive from the United States, be held for a hearing on the request of the American authorities for his extradition to the United States.
1949Bill Bruford, English drummer, songwriter, and producer[†]
William Scott Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist who first gained prominence as a founding member of the progressive rock band Yes. After leaving Yes in 1972, Bruford spent the rest of the 1970s recording and touring with King Crimson (1972–1974), Roy Harper (1975), and U.K. (1978), as well as touring with Genesis (1976). In 1978, he formed his own group, Bruford, which was active until 1980.
1949Keith, American pop singer[†]
James Barry Keefer, known professionally as Keith, is an American vocalist. His best known song was "98.6" which reached No. 7 on Billboard Hot 100 in 1966. He legally changed his name to Bazza Keefer in 1988, in memory of his mother.