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July 6, 1949

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HOFFMAN ACCEPTS EUROPEAN PROJECT ON TRADE PAYMENTS; ECA Chief Backs Compromise Plan That Is Short of Competitive Principle SENATE GROUP HEARS HIM Snyder's Talks With Cripps in London This Week Crucial, Paris Group Believes HOFFMAN ACCEPTS PLAN ON PAYMENTS

By Felix Belair Jr.special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, July 5 -- The Economic Cooperation Administration today tempered its demands for freer European trade in favor of unity among Marshall Plan nations and accepted a "compromise" revision of the intra-European payments plan that fell far short of the competitive principle it sought to have adopted.

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Noli de Castro

1949Noli de Castro, Filipino journalist and politician, 14th Vice President of the Philippines[†]

Manuel "Noli" Leuterio de Castro Jr. is a Filipino broadcaster, journalist, and former politician who served as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 2004 until 2010 under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. He was elected to the Senate of the Philippines in 2001 after receiving the most votes of any senator in the 2001 election.

Phyllis Hyman

1949Phyllis Hyman, American singer-songwriter and actress (died 1995)[†]

Phyllis Linda Hyman was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Hyman's music career spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s, and she was best known for her expansive contralto range. Some of her most notable songs are "You Know How to Love Me" (1979), "Living All Alone" (1986) and "Don't Wanna Change the World" (1991). Hyman is also known for her covers of popular songs, which include renditions of "Betcha by Golly, Wow", "Here's That Rainy Day", and "What You Won't Do For Love".

Michael Shrieve

1949Michael Shrieve, American composer, drummer, and percussionist[†]

Michael Shrieve is an American drummer, percussionist, and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the rock band Santana, playing on the band's first seven albums from 1969 to 1974. At age 20, Shrieve was the second youngest musician to perform at Woodstock. His drum solo during "Soul Sacrifice" in the Woodstock film has been described as "electrifying", although he considers his solo during the same piece in 1970 at Tanglewood the superior performance.