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Beran threatens excommunication for Caths aiding Govt against Ch; charges Govt seeks to form separate Cath ch; demands Gazette end pub
percentage of immigrants settling in NYC drops from 34.8 to 25.8, Jan-May
House Un-Amer Activities Com hearing on alleged Communist atom bomb conspiracy; P Crouch testifies; says Dr C F Hiskey, named in com '48 statement as figure in USSR-directed espionage ring, was Communist party member in '39-40; Hiskey, witness, refuses to answer key questions; '48 rept revd
Army Engineers approve TB&TA plans for Bklyn-SI Narrows Bridge; to be world's largest suspension span; Comr Moses comments
1949Jamaica Kincaid, Antiguan-American novelist, short story writer, and essayist[†]
Jamaica Kincaid is an Antiguan–American novelist, essayist, gardener, and gardening writer. Born in St. John's, the capital of Antigua and Barbuda, she now lives in North Bennington, Vermont, and is Professor of African and African American Studies in Residence, Emerita at Harvard University.
1949Barry Windsor-Smith, English painter and illustrator[†]
Barry Windsor-Smith is a British comic book illustrator and painter whose best-known work has been produced in the United States. He attained note working on Marvel Comics' Conan the Barbarian from 1970 to 1973, and for his work on the character Wolverine, particularly the 1991 "Weapon X" story arc. His other noted Marvel work included a 1984 "Thing" story in Marvel Fanfare, the "Lifedeath" and "Lifedeath II" stories with writer Chris Claremont that focused on the de-powered Storm in The Uncanny X-Men, as well as the 1984 Machine Man limited series with Herb Trimpe and Tom DeFalco.