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US delegate W R Austin backs USSR proposal; urges broadening to include all mobilized armed forces, Assembly
Parliament unanimously orders Figl to press for end of Allied occupation after Figl offers plan to cede rule to caretaker Cabinet; 3 parties state rehabilitation program; Communists oppose cooperation with US
denies Arab threat to cut off US oil rights as reprisal for Palestine policy
Dewey s on Ives-Quinn anti-discrimination law, s at rally, Bronx
effects of prospective wage rises on basic indus wage levels discussed; operators oppose reopening contract; J D Battle statement; Collison statement; possibility that Govt will ask UMWA and operators to negotiate contract noted
1946Stephen Rea, Irish actor[†]
Stephen Rea is an Irish actor. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he began his career as a member of Dublin's Focus Theatre, and played many roles on the stage and on Irish television. He came to the attention of international film audiences in Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan's 1992 film The Crying Game, and subsequently starred in many more of Jordan's films, including Interview with the Vampire (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Breakfast on Pluto (2005), and Greta (2018). He also played a starring role in the Hugo Blick 2011 TV series The Shadow Line.