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House Agr Com approves Pace farm parity price rise bill to include labor costs
White House decision, reptd on Byrnes recommendation, gives top priorities on 43.6% of original Baruch rept
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1943Davey Johnson, American baseball player and manager (died 2025)[†]
David Allen Johnson was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played as a second baseman from 1965 through 1978, most notably in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the Baltimore Orioles dynasty which won four American League pennants and two World Series championships between 1966 and 1970. Johnson played in MLB from 1965 to 1975, then played for two seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) before returning to play in MLB with the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs from 1977 to 1978. A three-time Rawlings Gold Glove Award winner, he was selected to four All-Star Game teams during his playing career.