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Sec Krug stresses importance of development
Maragon refuses to answer Hoey, Mundt and McCarthy queries, pleading self-incrimination; admits knowing Vaughan; illus; subcom agent repts Maragon deposited $120,000 in banks since '44 though reptg only $30,000 income; reveals Tex bank acct which Maragon did not mention at subcom July 28 secret hearing; Maragon comments; fees and expenses paid him by Verley cited; Mundt sees income tax fraud and perjury charges; Grady memo on Maragon role with US Greek mission submitted to subcom; calls Maragon nuisance; recalls difficulties with ATC; Maragon irked by query on alleged talk with Vaughan on Greek situation; Hunt aide R A Martin testifies; Verley offers ctf denying co knew of Maragon perfume smuggling; Hoey says subcom probed Vaughan and Hunt bank accts
record 150-mph winds hit coast and inland areas; W Palm Beach and Lake Okeechobee take brunt; damage heavy; storm spreads
speakers at UN resources conf see plenty if nations cooperate
NYS Banking Dept raises maximum rents for savings banks housing projects; rents listed
1949Jeff Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)[†]
Jeffrey Alan Cook was an American country musician. He was best known for being a founding member of the band Alabama, in which he contributed to occasional lead vocals, guitar, fiddle, piano and other musical instruments.
1949Leah Jamieson, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic[†]
Leah H. Jamieson is an American engineering educator, currently the Ransburg Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Jamieson was a co-founder of the Engineering Projects in Community Service program (EPICS), a multi-university engineering design program that operates in a service-learning context. She is a recipient of the Gordon Prize. From 2006-2017, she served as the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering at Purdue.
1949Ann Murray, Irish soprano[†]
Ann Murray is an Irish mezzo-soprano.