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November 8, 1948

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Greeks Stay Execution of 10 After U.N. Appeal to King; Evatt Sets Precedent by Cabling Paul That Carrying Out of Death Sentences Would Hurt Balkan Conciliation Efforts

By the Associated Press

ATHENS, Nov. 7 -- The Greek Government announced tonight it had postponed the execution of ten merchant marine labor unionists scheduled for tomorrow. They had been convicted by a military tribunal last week of subversive activity.

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KEY WEST GREETS TRUMAN AS A HERO; VACATION STARTS; Thousands Line the Street as President Waves on His Way to Winter White House AVENUE IS NAMED FOR HIM Executive Stops at New Bern on Flight South to Hear a Sermon on Portents KEY WEST GREETS TRUMAN AS A HERO KEY WEST'S NO. 1 VACATIONER ACKNOWLEDGES CHEERS

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

Truman arrives, Key West, Fla, for vacation; gets hero's welcome

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Priceless Literary Treasure of Thousands of Items Puts Biographer of Johnson and His Times in a New Light; Huge Literary Treasure of New Boswell Papers Is Assembled and Brought He AMONG THE ITEMS COLLECTED FROM THE JAMES BOSWELL ARCHIVES

By Austin Stevens

Lrs, mss, other data and most of ms of Boswell's Life found in Boswell archives assembled by Lt Col Isham

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Soviet Morale Deteriorates In Germany, U.S. Aide Says; RUSSIAN MORALE IN GERMANY LOW

By Drew Middletonspecial To the New York Times

US aide repts sharp decline in USSR troops morale; rept confirmed by Brit and Ger sources and by rise in troops and officers desertions; 10,000 desertions in 1 summer mo reptd; corruption of USSR guards and Mil Govt staff noted

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1948Dale Gardner, American captain and astronaut (died 2014)^[†]

Dale Allan Gardner was a NASA astronaut, and naval flight officer who flew two Space Shuttle missions during the mid 1980s.

Headlines from November 8, 1948

Greeks Stay Execution of 10 After U.N. Appeal to King; Evatt Sets Precedent by Cabling Paul That Carrying Out of Death Sentences Would Hurt Balkan Conciliation Efforts

Priceless Literary Treasure of Thousands of Items Puts Biographer of Johnson and His Times in a New Light; Huge Literary Treasure of New Boswell Papers Is Assembled and Brought He AMONG THE ITEMS COLLECTED FROM THE JAMES BOSWELL ARCHIVES

Soviet Morale Deteriorates In Germany, U.S. Aide Says; RUSSIAN MORALE IN GERMANY LOW

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