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June 9, 1948

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Headlines from June 9, 1948

BERNADOTTE RULES TRUCE IN PALESTINE MUST START FRIDAY; U.N. Mediator Calls on Israel, Arabs to Accept by 8 A.M. Today -- Hopes Rise IMMIGRATION VIEW GIVEN 'Fighting Personnel' Barred -- Discretionary Power Over Entry Fought by Israel BERNADOTTE SETS TRUCE FOR FRIDAY

By Mallory Brownespecial To the New York Times

Bernadotte sets cease-fire; demands unconditional acceptance of terms; warns he will otherwise return issue to Security Council; reserves migration issue to own discretion; timetable; UN disturbed over USSR plan to send observers; Israeli Cabinet meets; Sec Gen Azzam Pasha repts Arab League decision set

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TRUMAN ATTACKS TAFT IN MONTANA; Biggest Crowd of Tour Is Told Senator Proposed to Cut Prices by Eating Less TRUMAN ATTACKS TAFT IN MONTANA THE PRESIDENT TRIES HIS HAND AT ANOTHER ART

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

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GENERAL ELECTRIC YIELDS ON PAY RISE; OFFERS 8 PER CENT; Ends 14-Week Stand Against Increase as Inflation Spur -- Rejects Living-Cost Tie COST PUT AT $50,000,000 Company Urges All Workers to Save for Common Good -- Union to Reply Today GENERAL ELECTRIC OFFERS 8% PAY RISE

By A.h. Raskin

GE offers 8% rise; rejects living-cost tie; urges workers bank rise; UE gives viewpoint

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Oak Ridge Union on 24-Hour Alert For a Strike; Attacks Lilienthal; OAK RIDGE STRIKE ON 24-HOURR NOTICE

By the United Press

union votes readiness to strike on 24-hrs notice; K Scott scores Lilienthal and AEC as corp supporters and strikebreakers

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House Unit Approves Loan For U.N. Headquarters Here; HOUSE UNIT VOTES FOR U.N. SITE LOAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

US House Foreign Affairs Com approves loan; US delegation urges special session; Eaton hopes UN will stay; Arab quick action; danger of moving to site in other nation seen; demolition on site 90% complete

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Notable Births

1948Jim Bailey, American football player^[†]

James Randall Bailey is an American former gridiron football player. After attending the University of Kansas, he played nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL) as a defensive lineman during the 1970s.

1948Gudrun Schyman, Swedish social worker and politician^[†]

Gerd Gudrun Maria Schyman is a Swedish politician. She served as leader of the Swedish Left Party from 1993 until January 2003. She remained a member of the Left Party until 2004, when she left to focus entirely on her feminist political work after a tax evasion scandal. She remained an independent member of the Riksdag until 2006. She co-founded Feminist Initiative in 2005 and was its co-spokesperson from 2005 to 2011 and from 2013 to 2019. She left the party in 2022.

1948Tim Sullivan, American novelist (died 2024)^[†]

Timothy Robert Sullivan was an American science fiction novelist, screenwriter, actor, film director and short story writer.

Historical Events

1948Foundation of the International Council on Archives under the auspices of the UNESCO.^[†]

The International Council on Archives is an international non-governmental organization which exists to promote international cooperation for archives and archivists. It was set up on 9 June 1948, with Charles Samaran, the then director of the Archives nationales de France, as chairman, and membership is open to national and international organisations, professional groups and individuals. In 2024, it grouped together about 2,000 institutional members in 149 countries and territories. Its mission is to promote the conservation, development and use of the world's archives.