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January 5, 1948

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Headlines from January 5, 1948

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PALESTINE BLASTS RIP ARAB OFFICES; KILL AT LEAST 34; Moslem Committee's Building in Jaffa Bombed, With 14 Dead and 98 Injured

By Sam Pope Brewer

40 prisoners attempt escape, Jaffa Central Prison

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DE GAULLE DRAFTS NEW LABOR SET-UP; Asks Abolition of Trade Unions and 'Association' of Worker and Owner in the State

By Lansing Warren

C de Gaulle appeals for support of workers s, Etienne; outlines plan for assn of employer and employe in corporative State banning trade unionism and aiming at Govt role; he gets welcome by town officials for 1st time since re-emergence in pol

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Boy, 10, and Grandfather, 75, Balk Hold-Up Pair in Long Island Home; BOY, GRANDFATHER BALK HOLD-UP PAIR

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Zacharia, S: home, Lawrence, LI; son, 10, and his grandfather E Nathali foil 2 thugs; suspect, S Graham, held

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Police Seek Owners of TNT; Lighter Is Kept Under Guard; Search of Warehouse Reveals No More Contraband Intended for Palestine -- Clues to Shipper Are Studied

By Alexander Feinberg

J Chendler, 27-yr-old US engineer in Paris, listed as owner of warehouse from which goods were shipped

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1948Ted Lange, American actor, director, and screenwriter^[†]

Theodore William Lange III is an American actor, director and screenwriter best known for his roles as bartender Isaac Washington in the TV series The Love Boat (1977–1986) and Junior in That's My Mama (1974–75).

Headlines from January 5, 1948

Front Page 1 -- No Title

PALESTINE BLASTS RIP ARAB OFFICES; KILL AT LEAST 34; Moslem Committee's Building in Jaffa Bombed, With 14 Dead and 98 Injured

DE GAULLE DRAFTS NEW LABOR SET-UP; Asks Abolition of Trade Unions and 'Association' of Worker and Owner in the State

Boy, 10, and Grandfather, 75, Balk Hold-Up Pair in Long Island Home; BOY, GRANDFATHER BALK HOLD-UP PAIR

Police Seek Owners of TNT; Lighter Is Kept Under Guard; Search of Warehouse Reveals No More Contraband Intended for Palestine -- Clues to Shipper Are Studied

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