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US extradition demand rejected on legal grounds by Brit ct; Eisler set free; illus; int; comments on wife's arrest; seeks to remain in London for few days; Ede relieved of responsibility; US Embassy statement
sessions on USSR proposals
Private personnel mgt firm to make efficiency study of mil job set-up
USSR renews threat to lift by announcing firing drills in Bueckeburg lane
NLRB rules UMW union-shop agreement with 'captive' mines gained through strike threat illegal under Taft-Hartley Law; Fed ct appeal seen delaying outcome
1949Martin Kelner, English journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and radio presenter[†]
Martin Barry Kelner is a British journalist, author, comedian, singer, actor and TV presenter, whose primary career is in radio presenting. He has spent over 40 years hosting radio shows, mostly for the BBC, in particular Radio Leeds. He has been regularly accompanied throughout his career by comedy sidekick Edouard Lapaglie.
1949Wendy O. Williams, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress (died 1998)[†]
Wendy Orlean Williams was an American singer, best known as the lead singer of the punk rock band Plasmatics. She was noted for her onstage theatrics, which included partial nudity, exploding equipment, firing a shotgun, and chainsawing guitars. Performing her own stunts in videos, she often sported a mohawk hairstyle. In 1985, during the height of her popularity as a solo artist, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.