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March 23, 1947

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ARMED, 3-5, BREAKS GULFSTREAM MARK; POT O'LUCK SECOND; Champion Easily Wins $30,350 Handicap as Calumet Farm Entry Runs One, Two EARNINGS REACH $482,775 Concordian Gains Show Before Record Throng of 21,878 That Bets $1,111,836 ARMED, 3-5, BREAKS GULFSTREAM MARK CALUMET CHAMPION WINNING GULFSTREAM PARK HANDICAP

By the Associated Press

GULFSTREAM PK: Gulf stream Handicap won by Armed; earnings raised to 3d highest in racing history

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SENATORS RULE OUT HIGH COURT INQUIRY; Judiciary Group Says Congress Lacks Power of Removal Except by Impeachment SENATORS RULE OUT HIGH COURT INQUIRY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

says no inquiry on Justices Black and Jackson was intended; statement on memo on Cong removal power cited

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FBI WILL AID STUDY; In Unprecedented Step Heads of Departments Must Back 'Purge' REVIEW BOARD IS CREATED It Will Hear Final Appeals of All Workers or Applicants Marked For Job Elimination President Orders Investigations To Remove All Disloyal Employes

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

Atty Gen charged with listing subversive groups so that membership in them can be proof of disloyalty

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OKLAHOMA VICTOR OVER TEXAS, 55-54; Sooners Take Western Title in N.C.A.A. Basketball -- Oregon State Wins OKLAHOMA VICTOR OVER TEXAS, 55-54

By the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, March 22 -- A long jump shot by Ken Pryor in the last ten seconds of play gave the University of Oklahoma Sooners a 55-to-54 victory over Texas to win the Western Regional N.C.A.A. basketball championship here tonight.

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U.S. Seeks Palestine Move By British Before U.N. Acts; Presentation of Final Proposal to Arabs and Zionists Reported Pressed -- Attitude of Jewish Agency Held Vital U.S. BIDS BRITAIN ACT ON PALESTINE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

US asks Brit Govt to consider trying to solve problems by confs with Arabs and Zionists before giving case to UN: types of possible UN action revd; US and Brit Govts await Jewish Agency statements

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Notable Births

1947Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, American author^[†]

Elizabeth Ann Scarborough is an American writer of science fiction and fantasy and Registered Nurse who lives in Port Townsend, Washington. She has published over 40 novels, as well as collaborating with Anne McCaffrey on multiple series.