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March 7, 1948

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Pinball Survey Started Here In Anti-Gambling Campaign; POLICE TO SURVEY PINBALL MACHINES

By Unknown Author

machine influx brings police survey to determine gambling use

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TURKS TO ASK U.S. TO MARK MORE AID FOR ECONOMIC USE; Will Suggest Civilian Group Be Sent to Reconsider Requirements of Country

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Govt asks US to allocate some aid for econ use only; says mil expenditures strain econ; wants US to send civilian mission to study needs; mil aid program revd

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BRITISH CONTINGENT VACATES PALESTINE; 1,500 Troops and Police, 300 Dependents Embark at Haifa as Bombing Rocks Port

By Dana Adams Schmidt

explosions rock Haifa port; US newsreel photographer wounded by sniper bullet; Brit announce 288 alleged Jewish terrorists detained in Kenya will be returned by July

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STANKY OF DODGERS TRADED TO BRAVES FOR SANDERS, CASH; Brooklyn Gets First Baseman and an Undisclosed Sum for Eddie, Who Has Pneumonia

By Roscoe McGowen

R Sanders traded to Bklyn for E Stanky

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DEWEY SIGNS BILL ON NEW SCHOOL AID; He Then Hits Pressure Groups as Picturing the State as a 'Tobacco Road' in Education

By Leo Egan

ALBANY, March 6 -- Governor Dewey approved today the new state-aid-for-education program and accused its critics of unwarranted and inexcusable distortion of the facts as to New York's financial contribution for the support of schools.

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