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Rockland strike ended; RR Trainmens Brotherhood accepts 17c hrly pay rise for workers of 4 cos; Jersey City Mayor Eggers credited with settlement
INDIANAPOLIS, May 29 -- There's blood on the moon tonight over the speedway where the 500-mile automobile classic will take place on Monday. With the entry list filled, many of the thirty-three contestants are brooding upon an attempt to sabotage the car of Ted Horn, Paterson, N.J., others envision the moonlight glistening on the white headstone of Ralph Hepburn in faraway California.
competitive bidding for stock offerings seen becoming exception rather than rule
Dr I Goldstein says he will accept citation for Israel
1948Johan De Muynck, Belgian former professional road racing cyclist[†]
Johan De Muynck is a former Belgian professional road racing cyclist who raced from 1971 to 1983. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1978 Giro d'Italia. Other Grand Tour highlights include a very strong performance in the closely contested 1976 Giro d'Italia where he held the Maglia Rosa until the final time trial finishing on the podium in 2nd just nineteen seconds behind Felice Gimondi. He also rode well in the 1980 and 1981 editions of the Tour de France where he finished 4th and 7th respectively. Until Remco Evenepoel's victory at the 2022 Vuelta a España, De Muynck was the last Belgian rider to win a Grand Tour.
1948Michael Piller, American screenwriter and producer (died 2005)[†]
Michael Piller was an American television scriptwriter and producer, who was best known for his contributions to the Star Trek franchise.
1948David Thorpe, Australian rules footballer[†]
David Thorpe is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and Richmond in the VFL.
1948József Klekl, Slovene-Hungarian priest and politician (born 1874)[†]
József Klekl was a Slovene Roman Catholic priest from Prekmurje and politician in Hungary, writer, governor of the Slovene People's Party (Slovenska lüdska stranka), later a delegate in Belgrade. Klekl was an active proponent of the independence of the Slovene March in Hungary (Slovenska krajina), and for some time fusion with the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs.
1948A dike along the flooding Columbia River breaks, obliterating Vanport, Oregon within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.[†]
The 1948 Columbia River flood was a regional flood that occurred in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and Canada. Large portions of the Columbia River watershed were impacted, including the Portland area, Eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, Idaho Panhandle, northwestern Montana, and southeastern British Columbia. A publication of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1949 stated property damage reached $102.7 million, 250,000 acres of farmland were flooded, 20,000 acres of land were damaged or destroyed, and at least 16 died in the flood ; estimates for total deaths from the flood go as high as 102. Among the damage was the complete destruction of Vanport, in the Portland metropolitan area, which was the second largest city in Oregon at the time. The flood was largely caused by rapid melting of above-average snowpack by heavy precipitation and warm temperatures. It remains the second largest flood recorded on the river.