Sen passes income tax reduction bill by vote short of that needed to override expected Pres veto; provisions; amendments by McClellan, McCarran, Fulbright and Pepper, and substitute bill by Lucas rejected

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1947Anthony Geary, American actor^[†]

Anthony Geary is a retired American actor. Geary is best known for playing the role of Luke Spencer on the ABC daytime drama General Hospital. He originated the role of Luke in 1978, and went on to earn a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement.

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1947United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43.^[†]

United Air Lines Flight 521 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by a Douglas DC-4 from LaGuardia Airport, New York City, United States, to Cleveland, Ohio, United States. On May 29, 1947, while attempting to take off on runway 18, the aircraft failed to get airborne, overran the end of the runway, ripped through an airport fence onto traffic on the Grand Central Parkway, and slammed into an embankment, ultimately plunging into a pond and exploding. Ten people escaped the flaming wreckage; only five of them survived.

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CHANGES REJECTED; TAX BILL IS PASSED BY SENATE, 52 TO 34

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