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Pres C J MacGowan article in Boilermakers Journal (pub) on strike curb legis cited; repts on union's contracts and low strike record
criticism of Dem party leadership role implied in J A Farley statement
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US again urges UN investigation of border clashes with Greece
US and USSR reprs hold parley on veto issue; comm pol com reaches provisional accord on sec on safeguards in forthcoming rept to council
1946Rosemary Conley, English businesswoman, author, and broadcaster[†]
Rosemary Jean Neil Conley CBE, DL is an English businesswoman, author and broadcaster on exercise and health. Conley authored a low-fat diet and exercise programme, The Hip & Thigh Diet in 1988, which sold more than two million copies. However, her spot theory of fat reduction which claims people can lose fat specifically from the hips and thighs has no scientific basis.
1946Robert Urich, American actor and producer (died 2002)[†]
Robert Michael Urich was an American film, television, and stage actor and television producer. Over the course of his 30-year career, he starred in a record 15 television series.
1946Paul Langevin, French physicist and academic (born 1872)[†]
Paul Langevin was a French physicist who developed Langevin dynamics and the Langevin equation. He was one of the founders of the Comité de vigilance des intellectuels antifascistes, an anti-fascist organization created after the 6 February 1934 far right riots. Being a public opponent of fascism in the 1930s resulted in his arrest and being held under house arrest by the Vichy government for most of World War II. Langevin was also president of the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1944 to 1946, having recently joined the French Communist Party.
1946Start of the First Indochina War.[†]
The First Indochina War was fought in Indochina between France and the Việt Minh, and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 1 August 1954. The Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Hồ Chí Minh. The conflict mainly happened in Vietnam.