The direct examination of a principal stockholder in Kings County Buick, Inc., was completed yesterday in the General Sessions wiretap trial with the placing in evidence of a "secret register" of sponsors and "preferred" customers for agency automobiles.

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1949Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)^[†]

Eric Howard Carmen was an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He was the lead vocalist of the Raspberries, with whom he recorded the hit "Go All the Way" and four albums. He embarked on a solo career in 1975 and had global success with "All by Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It", "Hungry Eyes", and "Make Me Lose Control". In later years, he toured with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band before reforming the Raspberries in 2004.

1949Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician^[†]

Young Timothy Hutchinson is an American politician, lobbyist, and former United States senator from the state of Arkansas. A Republican, he was the first Republican U.S. senator to represent Arkansas since the reconstruction era.

1949Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (died 1990)^[†]

Ian Charleson was a Scottish stage and film actor. He is best known internationally for his starring role as Olympic athlete and missionary Eric Liddell in the Oscar-winning 1981 film Chariots of Fire. He is also well known for his portrayal of Rev. Charlie Andrews in the 1982 Oscar-winning film Gandhi.

Headlines from August 11, 1949

Tibet Religious War On Reds Proclaimed

AIR FORCE ADMITS LONG RIFT ON B-36; Blockade of Berlin Hastened Final Decision on Bomber, General Tells Committee AT THE B-36 BOMBER INQUIRY AIR FORCE ADMITS LONG RIFT ON B-36

COALITION CABINET FORMED IN BELGIUM; Catholics and Liberals Join in Eyskens Ministry -- Leopold's Return Will Be Deferred COALITION CABINET FORMS IN BELGIUM

U. S. ON 'LAST MILE' TO 'COLLECTIVISM,' HOOVER DECLARES; In Address on 75th Birthday, Former President Attacks Spending by Government DRIVING DOWN BACK ROAD' Average Citizen to Work Week Every Month to Pay Taxes, He Says at Stanford HOOVER WARNS U. S. ON SPENDING 'ROAD'

WIRETAP JURY GETS AUTO FAVOR LISTS; Prominent Names Abound on 'Secret Register' of Sponsors for Car Purchasers WIRETAP JURY GETS AUTO FAVOR LISTS

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