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July 8, 1948

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Eisenhower Draft Recedes As New York Leaders Split; Fitzpatrick Declares Most Delegates for Truman, O'Connell in Albany Agrees, but Roe Says Queens Will Sponsor General EISENHOWER DRAFT WANES AMID SPLIT

By Warren Moscow

Eisenhower movement recedes; NYS delegate J A Roe announces he will nominate Eisenhower; Fitzpatrick predicts NYS delegation majority will back Truman; has no VP candidate in mind; cites Harriman boom; D P O'Connell backs Truman; Arvey arrives, NYC; Hague reptd trying to keep anti-Truman bloc together; Douglas hdqrs to be opened, Phila

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Notable Births

Raffi

1948Raffi, Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter[†]

Raffi Cavoukian, known professionally by the mononym Raffi, is an Armenian-Canadian singer-lyricist and author born in Egypt best known for his children's music. In 1992, The Washington Post called him "the most popular children's singer in the English-speaking world". He developed his career as a "global troubadour" to become a music producer, author, entrepreneur, and founder of the Raffi Foundation for Child Honouring, an initiative focused on promoting children's rights and well-being. He has also been involved in advocacy for environmental and social causes, often addressing issues like commercial exploitation of children and climate change through his music and public appearances.

1948Ruby Sales, American civil-rights activist[†]

Ruby Nell Sales is an African-American social justice activist, scholar, and public theologian. She has been described as a "legendary civil rights activist" by the PBS program Religion and Ethics Weekly, and is one of 50 civil rights leaders showcased by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.

Historical Events

United States Air Force

1948The United States Air Force accepts its first female recruits into a program called the Women's Air Force (WAF).[†]

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established by transfer of personnel from the Army Air Forces with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control.