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USSR dismantles various hdqrs and control points in preparation for control agencies withdrawal; West sees E Berlin joining new E Ger Repub
election; People's party gets 46% of vote, losing clear majority; Rightist league wins 12%, Socialists 38, Communists 4; '45 election compared
60 repr colls and univs surveyed; veteran enrollment drop noted; table; comments on veterans utilization of benefits
Casey Stengel and his Yankees, who took off last spring on a forlorn hope only to wing their way to the American League pennant, brought a year of remarkable achievement to a triumphant close yesterday as they crushed the Dodgers in the fifth and final game of the 1949 world series.
non-union mines win injunctions against picket interference, plan to reopen, northern W Va and other areas
1949Warren Burt, American-Australian composer[†]
Warren Burt is an Australia-based composer of American birth. He is known for composing in a wide variety of new music styles, ranging from acoustic music, electroacoustic music, sound art installations to text-based music. Burt often employs elements of improvisation, microtonality, humour, live interaction, and lo-fi electronic techniques in his music.
1949Lance Cairns, New Zealand cricketer[†]
Bernard Lance Cairns is a former all-rounder who played for the New Zealand national cricket team, and is the father of New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns.
1949Jessica Harper, American actress[†]
Jessica Randolph Harper is an American actress and singer. Harper began her feature film career with a starring role in Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise (1974), and subsequently featured in films including Love and Death (1975), Inserts (1975) and My Favorite Year (1982). She may be best known for her portrayal of Suzy Bannion, the protagonist of Dario Argento's cult classic Suspiria (1977), and appeared in a supporting role in Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake.
1949Wang Wanxing, Chinese activist[†]
Wang Wanxing is a prominent Chinese pro-democracy activist who was a prisoner of conscience for 13 years in Chinese detention centres and psychiatric institutions called Ankang. Wang was the only person to have been discharged from such an institution to a Western country. In 2005, he was released and now lives in exile in Germany.
1949Chikuhei Nakajima, Japanese engineer, businessman, and politician, founded Nakajima Aircraft Company (born 1884)[†]
Chikuhei Nakajima , was a Japanese businessman, naval engineer, naval officer, and politician who was most notable for having founded Nakajima Aircraft Company in 1917, a major supplier of airplanes in the Empire of Japan. He also served as a cabinet minister.