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CIO Farm Equipment Workers officers vote to merge unions; G Oakes seen getting exec bd seat for aiding
8 Paris embassy staff members declare for Communists; urge diplomatic personnel through world to follow; London embassy guarded to prevent Communist-inspired disturbances
House votes, 305-1, for 58 groups
Navy experts headed by Lt Comdr Harrison hold B-36 ineffective in war; Comdrs Leonard and Martin on Navy jet fighters superiority; comment by A Wyatt
Comr Murtagh rept to Mayor O'Dwyer urges drive to amend laws limiting new cos
1949Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop[†]
Henry Luke Orombi in Pakwach, North Western Uganda, is a Ugandan Anglican bishop. He served as Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala from 2004 until his retirement in December 2012, two years earlier than expected. He was succeeded as Archbishop by Stanley Ntagali, who was consecrated in December 2012. Orombi served as Bishop of the Diocese of Kampala, which is the fixed episcopal see of the Archbishop, but unlike many other fixed metropolitical sees, the incumbent is not officially known as "Archbishop of Kampala", but bears the longer compound title "Archbishop of Uganda and Bishop of Kampala".
1949Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster[†]
Lawrence Tanter is an American public address announcer best known for his work for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association. In addition, Tanter was also the program director for public jazz radio station KKJZ.