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Porter scores Repub for blaming exports for inflation
Dr J Vilfan on Moscow Pravda rept that Washington Embassy and UN delegation back Cominform against Tito; says only 5 minor officials took that stand; stresses his loyalty to Tito
Canada and GB agree in principle for nation joining Canadian fed as 10th province; Canadian Prime Min King comment; history
NUREMBERG, Germany, July 30 -- Prison sentences ranging from a maximum of eight years to eighteen months were decreed here today for thirteen former directors and officials of the I. G. Farben chemical concern. The accused had been convicted of plunder and spoliation in various countries or of the exploitation and ill treatment of slave labor.
direct approach by western envoys on Berlin crisis hinted
1948Russell Morris, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Russell Norman Morris is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who had five Australian Top 10 singles during the late 1960s and early 1970s. On 1 July 2008, the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) recognised Morris' status when he was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame.
1948At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.[†]
John F. Kennedy International Airport is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area. JFK Airport is located on the southwestern shore of Long Island, in Queens, New York City, bordering Jamaica Bay. It is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the sixth-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international commercial airport in North America. The airport, which covers 5,200 acres (2,104 ha), is the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Over 90 airlines operate from JFK Airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations on all six inhabited continents.
1948USS Nevada is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.[†]
USS Nevada (BB-36), the third United States Navy ship to be named after the 36th state, was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships. Launched in 1914, Nevada was a leap forward in dreadnought technology; four of her new features would be included on almost every subsequent US battleship: triple gun turrets, oil in place of coal for fuel, geared steam turbines for greater range, and the "all or nothing" armor principle. These features made Nevada, alongside her sister ship Oklahoma, the first US Navy "standard-type" battleships.