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December 16, 1943

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Headlines from December 16, 1943

RAIL STRIKE IS SET TO START ON DEC. 30; NMB SEEKS A TRUCE; 350,000 Operating Employes Called Out in 4-Day Stages on Pay Rise Demands MEDIATION BID ACCEPTED Both Workers and Carriers Will Appear at Board Meeting on Monday in Chicago RAIL STRIKE IS SET TO START ON DEC. 30

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5 operating unions set strike date unless demands are granted; Natl Mediation Bd (NMB) calls rr officials and union chiefs to conf, Chicago; J J Pelley expects adjustment; union presidents jointly defend strike threat

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RATION-FREE MEAT UNTIL JAN. 1 URGED; Packer's Proposal to Avoid Spoilage of Big Supply Wins Support at Food Parley RATION-FREE MEAT UNTIL JAN. 1 URGED

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Backs meat rationing moratorium proposal

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8TH ARMY UNIFIES MORO BRIDGEHEADS; Captures Village Near Orsogna-Ortona Road -- Fifth Army's Front Remains Quiet 8TH ARMY UNIFIES MORO BRIDGEHEADS

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1943Steven Bochco, American television writer and producer (died 2018)^[†]

Steven Ronald Bochco was an American television writer and producer. He developed a number of television series, mostly crime dramas, including Hill Street Blues; L.A. Law; Doogie Howser, M.D.; Cop Rock; and NYPD Blue.

1943Patti Deutsch, American actress and comedian (died 2017)^[†]

Patricia Deutsch Ross was an American actress who was known as a recurring panelist on the 1970s game shows Match Game and Tattletales.

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1943George Bambridge, English diplomat (born 1892)^[†]

George Louis St Clair Bambridge was a British diplomat. His wife, Elsie, was the daughter of the author Rudyard Kipling.

Headlines from December 16, 1943

RAIL STRIKE IS SET TO START ON DEC. 30; NMB SEEKS A TRUCE; 350,000 Operating Employes Called Out in 4-Day Stages on Pay Rise Demands MEDIATION BID ACCEPTED Both Workers and Carriers Will Appear at Board Meeting on Monday in Chicago RAIL STRIKE IS SET TO START ON DEC. 30

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RATION-FREE MEAT UNTIL JAN. 1 URGED; Packer's Proposal to Avoid Spoilage of Big Supply Wins Support at Food Parley RATION-FREE MEAT UNTIL JAN. 1 URGED

8TH ARMY UNIFIES MORO BRIDGEHEADS; Captures Village Near Orsogna-Ortona Road -- Fifth Army's Front Remains Quiet 8TH ARMY UNIFIES MORO BRIDGEHEADS

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