more TWU meetings vote for strike; illus; LaGuardia and Murray push efforts for peace; LaGuardia conf with Delaney on plans in case of failure; issues statement; police plans; Quill comments

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1941Al Downing, American baseball player and sportscaster^[†]

Alphonso Erwin Downing is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Milwaukee Brewers, and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1961 through 1977. Downing was an All Star in 1967 and the National League's Comeback Player of the Year in 1971. Downing allowed Hank Aaron's record breaking 715th home run on April 8, 1974.

1941Joseph Goguen, American computer scientist and academic, developed the OBJ language (died 2006)^[†]

Joseph Amadee Goguen was an American computer scientist. He was professor of Computer Science at the University of California and University of Oxford, and held research positions at IBM and SRI International.

1941David Johnston, Canadian academic, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor General of Canada^[†]

David Lloyd Johnston is a Canadian academic, author, and statesman who served as the 28th governor general of Canada from 2010 to 2017. Johnston was the special rapporteur appointed to investigate reports of foreign interference in recent Canadian federal elections until his resignation on June 9, 2023.

Headlines from June 28, 1941

MINSK PUSH GAINS; But Red Forces Inflict Huge Losses on Nazis, Moscow Reports

Division of Funds Proposed for Army

DEEP NAZI THRUSTS CLAIMED BY BERLIN; Destruction of Great Numbers of Soviet Tanks and Planes Reported Unofficially

U.S.TRADE IS GIVING LATIN AMERICANS ECONOMIC FREEDOM; Millions We Spend for Defense Materials Are Offsetting Loss of European Markets

MAYOR C.I.O. PRESS 11TH-HOUR EFFORTS FOR TRANSIT PEACE; Hope for Averting a Walkout Tuesday Grows -- City Goes Ahead With Precautions

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