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President Truman's appeal for lower prices was followed quickly last week by a statement from Earl Bunting, president of the National Association of Manufacturers, urging everybody who has anything to do with setting the cost of living to cooperate to bring it down.
Munich transmitter sabotaged; broadcasts to USSR shifted to SA; investigation noted; Benton and aide E J Kerrigan comment
G N Nelson discusses House-approved bill; urges reduction
training cruise for Naval Acad midshipmen ordered; itinerary noted
1947Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, American activist, writer, and black anarchist[†]
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is an American writer, activist, and Black anarchist. He is a former member of the Black Panther Party and Concerned Citizens for Justice. He was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and has lived in Memphis, Tennessee, since 2010.
1947Dick Roche, Irish politician, Minister of State for European Affairs[†]
Richard Roche is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as Minister of State for European Affairs from 2002 to 2004 and 2007 to 2011 and Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government from 2004 to 2007. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency from 1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2011. He was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 1992 to 1997.
1947Terje Venaas, Norwegian bassist[†]
Terje Venaas was a Norwegian jazz musician, known from dozens of recordings and a number of international collaborations.