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March 6, 1948

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HOUSE GROUP BARS USING FUND GRANTS TO AID RIGHTS PLAN; Full Committee Rejects Clause Refusing Aid if Equality in Education and Jobs Is Denied FLOOR BATTLE INDICATED Backers of Proposal Threaten Tactics to Force the Issue to a Roll-Call Vote HOUSE GROUP BARS FUND GRANTS LIMIT

By C.p. Trussellspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, March 5 -- The House Appropriations Committee stepped away from the Congressional battle over civil rights today, but in a way which virtually assured a floor showdown on equal rights in education and employment early next week.

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Notable Births

Stephen Schwartz

1948Stephen Schwartz, American composer and producer[†]

Stephen Lawrence Schwartz is an American musical theatre composer and lyricist. In a career spanning over five decades, Schwartz has written hit musicals such as Godspell (1971), Pippin (1972), and Wicked (2003). He has contributed lyrics to a number of successful films, including Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), The Prince of Egypt, Enchanted (2007), Disenchanted (2022), and the two-part adaptation of Wicked.

Notable Deaths

1948Ross Lockridge Jr., American author, poet, and academic (born 1914)[†]

Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr. was an American writer known for his novel Raintree County (1948). The novel became a bestseller and has been praised by readers and critics alike. Some have considered it a "Great American Novel". Lockridge died by suicide at the peak of his novel's success at age 33.

Alice Woodby McKane

1948Alice Woodby McKane, First Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (born 1865)[†]

Alice Woodby McKane was the first woman to work as a medical doctor in Savannah, Georgia. She was not only known as a physician but also as a politician and an author. She and her husband Cornelius McKane contributed an important part in medical history. She opened the first school of nurse training for black people in Savannah. She also helped her husband to make his dream which was opening the Hospital in Liberia come true. After returning from Liberia, they established the MCKane Hospital for Women and Children and later was known as Charity Hospital to treat for all people in Savannah, especially for African American people.