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August 19, 1946

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Notable Births

1946Charles Bolden, American general and astronaut^[†]

Charles Frank Bolden Jr. is a former administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.

1946Bill Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 40th and 42nd Governor of Arkansas, 42nd President of the United States^[†]

William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician and lawyer who was the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981, and again from 1983 to 1992. His centrist "Third Way" political philosophy became known as Clintonism, which dominated his presidency and the succeeding decades of Democratic Party history.

1946Dawn Steel, American film producer (died 1997)^[†]

Dawn Leslie Steel was an American film studio executive and producer. She was one of the first women to run a major Hollywood film studio, rising through the ranks of merchandising and production to head Columbia Pictures in 1987.

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Headlines from August 19, 1946

CITY WORKERS SEEK $50,000,000 IN RISES; Report Favoring an Increase for Transit Men to Bring Rush of Union Demands

By Paul Crowell

comment on plans of civil service employes labor organizations to achieve pay rises; increase sought estimated at $50 million, exclusive of transit workers demands

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EVATT TO PROPOSE NEW WORLD COURT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; Will Urge Paris Conference to Establish a Tribunal to Assure Full Freedom BACKS BYRNES ON ITALY Would Extend the Guarantees Sought in Ceded Territory to All Other Areas

By Herbert L. Matthews Special To the New York Times

Min Evatt urges Paris Peace Conf to establish tribunal to assure full freedoms in former Axis satellite countries

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GERMAN DATA LINK MUFTI IN SABOTAGE; FRENCHMEN RETURN TO HISTORIC SITE IN COMPIEGNE FOREST

By The New York Times (Paris Bureau)

role as Axis saboteur against Allied Near East war plans revealed

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BOARD PREPARING TO RULE TOMORROW ON PRICE CONTROLS; Decontrol Group Shapes Its Decisions On Question of Restoring Food Curbs OPA HOPES FOR ROLLBACK Plans June 30 Prices on Most Meats If Control Is Won and Subsidies Suffice

By Charles E. Egan Special To the New York Times

OPA retains price controls on dried product

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Embargo on Foreign News Lifted After Strikers Ratify Peace Terms; STRIKERS RATIFY END OF NEWS BAN

By Unknown Author

news ban ends as PW strikers approve 3-point arbitration agreement; text; strike end awaits arbitrator A S Meyer interim decision on contract violation issue

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SOVIET OIL DELAYS CRIPPLING AUSTRIA; Motor Traffic Breaks Down in Western Areas--Complete Gasoline Famine Foreseen

By Albion Ross Special To the New York Times

USSR scores gasoline tax cut as unfriendly act; Soviet-controlled co failure to turn in collected taxes noted; USSR threatens to halt gasoline deliveries unless tax is restored

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