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LONDON, Friday, Aug. 12 -- Russia termed Yugoslavia today an "enemy of the Soviet Union" and charged that Premier Marshal Tito's Government was bound to the "camp of foreign capitalists."
views argued by Harriman
ICC grants 4% gen rise
Truman reaffirms faith in Vaughan; queried on Vaughan link to racetrack deals and Army Sec power to relieve Vaughan from active duty; A I Gross testifies; says friend H Hoffman urged him to see Hunt in '46 on sheet steel procurement; says Hunt did nothing for him despite $2,000 fee; repts giving freezers, paid for by A Verley Co or its head D Bennett, to some persons in Washington; subcom identifies no recipients except Vaughan; Maragon employment by Verley noted; former WAA employe C W Oehler testifies on lrs in Hunt files on surplus property data; denies irregularities; shipment of match covers to 'HHV' and 'HST' noted
Famine seen, '50, from inability to import
1949Panagiotis Chinofotis, Greek admiral and politician[†]
Admiral Panagiotis Chinofotis is a retired Hellenic Navy officer, who served as the Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff from 2005 to 2007. He was also a member of parliament with the New Democracy party and served as Vice-Minister of the Interior in the Second Cabinet of Kostas Karamanlis.
1949Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Mark Freuder Knopfler OBE is a British musician. He was the lead guitarist, singer and songwriter of the rock band Dire Straits from 1977 to 1995, and he is one of the two members who stayed throughout the band's existence, along with the bassist John Illsley. He pursued a solo career after the band dissolved, and is now an independent artist.
1949Lou Martin, Northern Irish pianist, songwriter, and producer (died 2012)[†]
Louis Michael Martin was a piano and organ player from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was an original member of the London-based band Killing Floor, and also worked with fellow Irish musician Rory Gallagher.
1949Alex Naumik, Lithuanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer (died 2013)[†]
Alexandra Naumik, better known by her stage name Alex, was a Lithuanian-born, Polish-Norwegian rock and pop artist who rose to fame in the late 1970s.
1949Rick Ridgeway, American mountaineer and photographer[†]
Rick Ridgeway is an American mountaineer and adventurer, who during his career has also been an environmentalist, writer, filmmaker and businessman. Ridgeway has climbed new routes and explored little-known regions on six continents. He was part of the 1978 team that were the first Americans to summit K2, the world's second-highest mountain. From 2005 until he retired in 2020 he oversaw environmental affairs and public engagement at the outdoor clothing company Patagonia. He has authored seven books and dozens of magazine articles, and produced or directed many documentary films.