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US Steel links rise in steel prices to costs rise including cost of pension program
Comr Moses asks UN to turn over acre in its mid-Manhattan site for city playground; Sec Gen Lie reptdly fears harming site's internatl status
Pres Truman silent on fiscal '51 tax policy; Dem Natl Chmn W M Boyle comments, Key West
NY Central granted 31-46% commutation fare rise by NY PSC; 3 new-type tickets approved; 12 intra-NYS rrs pleas for 12 1/2% rise in basic coach and pullman fares denied; PSC urges rrs improve service and lower fares to aid business
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Southern coal operators asked President Truman today to intervene in their six-month-old dispute with the United Mine Workers and "to bring an end to the existing crisis."
1949Billy Gibbons, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
William Frederick Gibbons is an American rock musician, best known as the guitarist, primary vocalist, and only constant member of ZZ Top. He began his career in Moving Sidewalks, who recorded Flash (1969) and opened four dates for the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Gibbons formed ZZ Top in late 1969 and released ZZ Top's First Album in early 1971. He has also maintained a solo career in recent years, starting with his first album Perfectamundo (2015).
1949Heather Hallett, English lawyer and judge[†]
Heather Carol Hallett, Baroness Hallett,, is a retired British judge of the Court of Appeal and a crossbench life peer. The first woman to chair the Bar Council and the fifth woman to sit in the Court of Appeal, Hallett led the independent inquest into the 7/7 bombings. In April 2019, she was appointed Chair of the Security Vettings Appeal Panel. In December 2021, she was announced as the chair of the public inquiry into the UK Government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. On 29 June 2022, the Government accepted Baroness Hallett's proposed terms of reference for the inquiry, with minor changes suggested by the devolved administrations.
1949Sidney Olcott, Canadian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1873)[†]
Sidney Olcott was a Canadian-born film producer, director, actor and screenwriter.