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June 20, 1947

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PRESIDENT IS SHARP; Finds Measure Is 'a Bad Piece of Legislation,' an Official Reports

By Joseph A. Loftus

top Adm source says Truman has decided to veto bill; House vote to override veto and close Sen vote forecast; W S Morris quotes Truman as not listening to labor or business leaders and not wanting to listen to Dems; Dem Natl Com poll shows 103 committeemen favor veto; Sen absenteeism noted; labor groups tour Washington for veto; L Hendeson says bill, as law, will create indus strife and Cong wrangling

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Notable Births

Dolores "LaLa" Brooks

1947Dolores "LaLa" Brooks, American pop singer[†]

Dolores Brooks, also known as Sakinah Muhammad or La La Brooks, is an American singer and actress. She is best known as the second lead singer of the girl group The Crystals and the lead vocalist on the Crystals' hits "Then He Kissed Me" and "Da Doo Ron Ron".

Notable Deaths

Bugsy Siegel

1947Bugsy Siegel, American mobster (born 1906)[†]

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was a Jewish-American mobster who was a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip. Siegel was influential within the Jewish Mob, along with his childhood friend and fellow gangster Meyer Lansky; the Italian-American Mafia; and the largely Italian-Jewish National Crime Syndicate. Described as "handsome" and "charismatic," Siegel became one of the first front-page celebrity gangsters.