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July 19, 1948

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Medical Center for Miners Planned by Welfare Fund; Project for 200-Bed Hospital, With Noted Specialists, Studied by Advisory Staff -- 100 Paraplegics to Get Treatment MINE BOARD PLANS A MEDICAL CENTER

By Unknown Author

insts participating in UMWA paraplegic work named

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HOLY LAND CALMED; Both Sides Acquiesce -- Arabs Demand Own Refugees' Return INSIST IMMIGRATION HALT Send a Long Protest to Lie -- Egyptian Public Shocked -- Final Fighting Bitter

By Sam Pope Brewerspecial To the New York Times

Arab stand hailed as UN victory

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SOUTHERNERS MAP FIGHT ON TRUMAN IN BORDER STATES; Claiming 20 Electoral Votes, Rebels Led by Thurmond Plan Drive for More REGULAR DEMOCRATS COLD Laney Avoids Convention and Urges Action Be Confined to the Official Party SOUTHERNERS MAP BORDER CAMPAIGN

By John N. Pophamspecial To the New York Times

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., July 18 -- Rebellious Southern Democrats, waving the flag of "white supremacy" and boasting an assured twenty Electoral College votes in Mississippi and Alabama, announced today that they would carry "a fighting campaign" to defeat President Truman into neighboring states.

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WEST EUROPE BLOC PUTS BERLIN CRISIS HIGH ON ITS AGENDA; Five Foreign Ministers Will Discuss Split in Germany and Own Defenses Today REPLY TO SOVIET AWAITED London Conferees Are Opposed to Ultimatum -- Gen. Donovan Urges Economic Sanctions CRISIS OVER BERLIN PUT HIGH ON AGENDA

By David Andersonspecial To the New York Times

Consultative Council to meet, The Hague; probable agenda discussed

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B-17 DEFIES CANADA, FLIES ON TO AZORES; Surplus Plane Breaks Pledge to Return to U.S.-- Israel Said to Use 3 'Fortresses' B-17 DEFIES CANADA, FLIES ON TO AZORES

By the United Press

Mysterious B-17 from US defies Canadian order to return to NYC and lands in Azores allegedly on way to Palestine; US and Canada press probe

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1948Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (died 1980)^[†]

Keith Richard Godchaux was an American pianist best known for his tenure in the rock group the Grateful Dead from 1971 to 1979. Following their departure from the Dead, he and his wife Donna formed the Heart of Gold Band in 1980, but Godchaux died from injuries sustained in a car accident shortly after their first concert.

Headlines from July 19, 1948

Medical Center for Miners Planned by Welfare Fund; Project for 200-Bed Hospital, With Noted Specialists, Studied by Advisory Staff -- 100 Paraplegics to Get Treatment MINE BOARD PLANS A MEDICAL CENTER

HOLY LAND CALMED; Both Sides Acquiesce -- Arabs Demand Own Refugees' Return INSIST IMMIGRATION HALT Send a Long Protest to Lie -- Egyptian Public Shocked -- Final Fighting Bitter

SOUTHERNERS MAP FIGHT ON TRUMAN IN BORDER STATES; Claiming 20 Electoral Votes, Rebels Led by Thurmond Plan Drive for More REGULAR DEMOCRATS COLD Laney Avoids Convention and Urges Action Be Confined to the Official Party SOUTHERNERS MAP BORDER CAMPAIGN

WEST EUROPE BLOC PUTS BERLIN CRISIS HIGH ON ITS AGENDA; Five Foreign Ministers Will Discuss Split in Germany and Own Defenses Today REPLY TO SOVIET AWAITED London Conferees Are Opposed to Ultimatum -- Gen. Donovan Urges Economic Sanctions CRISIS OVER BERLIN PUT HIGH ON AGENDA

B-17 DEFIES CANADA, FLIES ON TO AZORES; Surplus Plane Breaks Pledge to Return to U.S.-- Israel Said to Use 3 'Fortresses' B-17 DEFIES CANADA, FLIES ON TO AZORES

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