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1949Wayne LaPierre, American businessman, author, and activist[†]
Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA), a position he held between 1991 and 2024.
1949Bonnie Raitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Bonnie Lynn Raitt is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated elements of blues, rock, folk, and country. She was also a frequent session player and collaborator with other artists, including Warren Zevon, Little Feat, Jackson Browne, the Pointer Sisters, John Prine, and Leon Russell.
1949Cyriel Verschaeve, Belgian-Austrian priest and activist (born 1874)[†]
Cyriel Verschaeve was a Flemish nationalist priest and writer who collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War. He was recognised as the spiritual leader of Flemish nationalism by the ideology's adherents and a Nazi propagandist.
O'Dwyer favored to win
Marshal Vasilevsky and USSR press stress Western war plots, Oct Revolution anniv celebration
Dulles ends campaign with radio s, statement and ss to longshoremen
Ching meets with J E Moody and J C Gall of Southern Assn; illus; they say Assn does not oppose welfare fund but seeks end of Lewis output control; Govt avoids intervention; Sen Bridges reveals lr to Lewis demanding cessation of all fund payments because of believed illegality
Gov Bowles backs O'Dwyer
discusses individual's liberties, welfare aid, labor stand and Lehman bigotry charge
Visits Sec Acheson, Washington; illus
Denies income tax deduction to civil service employe of Coast Guard while holding Reserve comm
Pope says RC judge cannot grant civil divorce when marriage is valid; Vatican sources hold pronouncement applies in case of non-Caths wanting divorce; Natl Cath Welfare Cong holds position not new; R G Burke says NY Cath Lawyers Guild awaits official interpretation
GM to pay over $190 million, largest in Amer indus history