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January 5, 1947

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THE WORLD

By Unknown Author

Atom and U.N. At Lake Success last Monday--sixteen months and twenty-three days after the atomic bomb burst over Hiroshima --the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission adopted a plan to control the atom.

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GOP SENATORS ACT TO CHECK STRIKES; GOP SENATORS SET TO CHECK STRIKES

By Joseph A. Loftus

Sen Repub conf repts on labor program and bills drafted; approves Sens Ball, Taft and H A Smith bill proposing Fed Mediation Ed, 60-day mediation period and other means to equalize labor-mgt rights and responsibilities; opposes overall investigation of situation prior to legis; Sen Wagner to offer bill for 3-man mediation bd to supplement NLRB; W Green warns against compulsion in bargaining; Sen Lucas proposes Sen inquiry into dispute causes; comments

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Notable Births

Mike DeWine

1947Mike DeWine, American lawyer and politician, 70th Governor of Ohio[†]

Michael Richard DeWine is an American politician and attorney serving as the 70th governor of Ohio since 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of Ohio from 2011 to 2019, in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991, and in the U.S. Senate from 1995 to 2007.

Mercury Morris

1947Mercury Morris, American football player (died 2024)[†]

Eugene Edward "Mercury" Morris was an American professional football player who was a running back and kick returner. He played for eight years, primarily for the Miami Dolphins in the American Football League (AFL) first as a rookie in 1969. Then he played in the American Football Conference (AFC) after the 1970 merger with the National Football League (NFL).