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January 27, 1948
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Headlines from January 27, 1948
PRESIDENT URGES SEAWAY APPROVAL; Proposes Bipartisan Drive for Power Project to Aid the 'Whole United States' PRESIDENT URGES SEAWAY APPROVAL
Truman urges bipartisan drive for project as aid to US, lrs to House and Sen; Sen debate led by Sen Wiley discussed
GAS HEAT RESTORED AS OFFICIALS URGE FUEL SAVING HERE; Emergency Oil Supply in City Is Exhausted, but Wallander Says More Is Promised SNOW TONIGHT FORECAST Unemployment in the Midwest Rising as Industries Close for Lack of Fuel ONE WAY OF KEEPING WARM IN BROOKLYN YESTERDAY GAS HEAT SERVICE IS RESTORED HERE
snow removal repts
BRIDGES ACCUSES TRUMAN OF DECEIT IN 'PHONY' AID PLAN; Senator Also Says President 'Doctored' Budget Figures to Keep the Total Down HE PROMISES AN INQUIRY Document Noted Discrepancy of $2,300,000,000, Calling It a Necessary Margin Bridges Accuses Truman of Deceit on Aid
Sen Bridges charges Truman submitted 'phony' budget figures; R W Gifford suggests gifts of indus 'know how' instead of dollars, Sen com; doubts $6.8 billion can be spent efficiently; Natl Farmers Union pres J G Patton urges UN adm and doubling of funds; other testimony; Taft backs Vandenberg criticism of State Dept adm plan
THREE NEW SHOCKS ROCK PHILIPPINES; Further Casualties Reported as Hundreds Flee in Panic From Iloilo THREE NEW SHOCKS ROCK PHILIPPINES
new quakes, Iloilo; more casualties and damage
Notable Births
1948Mikhail Baryshnikov, Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor[†]
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
1948Jean-Philippe Collard, French pianist[†]
Jean-Philippe Henri Collard is a French pianist known for his interpretations of the works of Gabriel Fauré and Camille Saint-Saëns.