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November 5, 1948

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U.N. Orders a Withdrawal In Negeb, Shelves Sanctions; U.S. Amendment to Anglo-Chinese Proposal Is Said to Have Eliminated Its Teeth -7-Nation Body Weighs New Measures U.N. COUNCIL ASKS ACTION IN NEGEB

By Sam Pope Brewerspecial To the New York Times

Security Council orders both sides to withdraw Negeb troops to Oct 14 positions; adopts US amendment substituting gen warning of further action for specific sanctions threat; appts com to study enforcement; GB urges extending motion to cover fight in north; UN aide Brig Gen Riley on way to Paris

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Bob Barr

1948Bob Barr, American lawyer and politician[†]

Robert Laurence Barr Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as president of the National Rifle Association from 2024 to 2025. He previously served as a federal prosecutor and as a U.S. Representative, representing Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. During his time in the House of Representatives, he authored the Defense of Marriage Act, which was later overturned by the Supreme Court in 2013 and repealed by the 117th Congress through a bill supported by Barr.

Peter Hammill

1948Peter Hammill, English singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer[†]

Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer-songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and produces his own recordings and occasionally those of other artists. In 2012, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards.

Bernard-Henri Lévy

1948Bernard-Henri Lévy, French philosopher and author[†]

Bernard-Henri Georges Lévy is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the "Nouveaux Philosophes" movement in 1976. His opinions, political activism, and publications have also been the subject of several controversies over the years.

William Daniel Phillips

1948William Daniel Phillips, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[†]

William Daniel Phillips is an American physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.