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May 4, 1948

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Headlines from May 4, 1948

TORNADO STRIKES TWO TEXAS TOWNS; School Damaged but Pupils Are Safe -- Toll Is at Least 3 Dead and Many Hurt TOPPLED OVER BY THE FORCE OF THE TORNADO IN TEXAS TORNADO STRIKES TWO TEXAS TOWNS

By the United Press

tornado strikes McKinney and Princeton; 3 killed; many hurt

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ATOMIC AIDE TESTS PUT UP TO TRUMAN; Congress Passes Bill to Let Senators Ask FBI to Check on Appointees to AEC ATOMIC AIDE TESTS PUT UP TO TRUMAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

House passes Sen bill allowing FBI probe of Pres appointees

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JERUSALEM CASE SNARLS U.N. BODY; U.S. Plan Is Abandoned After News That the Red Cross May Help in Truce JERUSALEM CASE SNARLS U.N. BODY

By Mallory Brownespecial To the New York Times

Trusteeship Council drops US plan for special trusteeship; defers decision on Brit plan for neutral admr; announces cease-fire for Old City; gets rept on Internatl Red Cross truce effort; defers rept to Assembly as inadequate

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Bomb for Farran Kills Brother; Sternists Had Threatened Death; Bomb for Farran Kills Brother; Sternists Had Threatened Death

By Clifton Danielspecial To the New York Times

Bomb intended for him kills brother Rex, Dodsdall, Eng; linked to Palestine terrorists Oct, '47, threat

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ANTI-NEGRO PACTS ON REALTY RULED NOT ENFORCEABLE; Supreme Tribunal Holds, 6-0, Legal Backing for Covenants Violates 14th Amendment ACCORDS NOT OUTLAWED Vinson Writes Opinions That Are Hailed as Blow to All Discriminatory Agreements ANTI-NEGRO PACTS NOT ENFORCEABLE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Holds covenants barring Negroes and other racial groups from owning property are not legally enforceable, cases arising in Mo, Mich and DC; Chief Justice Vinson text

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1948King George Tupou V of Tonga, (died 2012)^[†]

George Tupou V was King of Tonga from 2006 until his death in 2012. He was the eldest son of King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV.

Headlines from May 4, 1948

TORNADO STRIKES TWO TEXAS TOWNS; School Damaged but Pupils Are Safe -- Toll Is at Least 3 Dead and Many Hurt TOPPLED OVER BY THE FORCE OF THE TORNADO IN TEXAS TORNADO STRIKES TWO TEXAS TOWNS

ATOMIC AIDE TESTS PUT UP TO TRUMAN; Congress Passes Bill to Let Senators Ask FBI to Check on Appointees to AEC ATOMIC AIDE TESTS PUT UP TO TRUMAN

JERUSALEM CASE SNARLS U.N. BODY; U.S. Plan Is Abandoned After News That the Red Cross May Help in Truce JERUSALEM CASE SNARLS U.N. BODY

Bomb for Farran Kills Brother; Sternists Had Threatened Death; Bomb for Farran Kills Brother; Sternists Had Threatened Death

ANTI-NEGRO PACTS ON REALTY RULED NOT ENFORCEABLE; Supreme Tribunal Holds, 6-0, Legal Backing for Covenants Violates 14th Amendment ACCORDS NOT OUTLAWED Vinson Writes Opinions That Are Hailed as Blow to All Discriminatory Agreements ANTI-NEGRO PACTS NOT ENFORCEABLE

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