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Brit threat of unltd intervention halts Jaffa battle; prior recapture of Tel Arish by Arabs reptd; Jewish Agency comments; skirmishes on Trans-Jordan border reptd
Pres Truman scores Cong delay on about 900 postmaster apptmts
6 boys held; admit shooting; ringleader is pupil, 14, who feared math test; Miss Jokiel given police guard
Pres Truman seen asking Cong for arms aid; speculation on reaction
strike against NYSE ends; Local 205 members accept mgt pre-strike wage offer; 100 lose jobs as result of new procedures; employes illus returning to work; strike against 4 brokerage firms continues
1948Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2024)[†]
Wayne Stanley Kramer was an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and film and television composer. Kramer came to prominence in the 1960s as the lead guitarist of the Detroit rock band MC5.
1948Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Pierre Pagé is a Canadian former ice hockey coach and executive. He only played briefly while attending college at St. Francis Xavier University in 1970-71, then turned to coaching.
1948Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete[†]
Margit Papp is a Hungarian former athlete. She competed in the Summer Olympic Games in 1972, 1976 and 1980 and won the gold medal in women's pentathlon at the 1978 European Championships.
1948In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.[†]
Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America.