Britain to Socialize Pubs in New Towns
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November 13, 1948
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O'DWYER ACCUSED OF 'BRIBING' QUILL; Hogan of TWU Charges Mayor Gave Dues Check-Off to Get 'Company Union'
By Stanley Levey
A Hogan charges Mayor O'Dwyer bribed M J Quill with dues check-off system to turn TWU into co union
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GREEK CABINET OUT; TSALDARIS TO FORE; Sophoulis, Resigning, Places Populist's Name Before King -- Venizelos Claims Strength
By A. C. Sedgwick
Sophoulis resigns; recommends Tsaldaris for Premiership; King Paul conf with leaders; Venizelos and Soc Dem party leader G Papandreou claims to Premiership noted; US seen taking no stand on Cabinet formation
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45,000 DOCKMEN CALLED OUT IN PORTS ON THE EAST COAST AS STRIKE IS MADE OFFICIAL; MAYOR FLYING BACK
By George Horne
ILA declares strike official; issues 1st coast-wide strike call; FMCS intervenes; owners refuse to make further concessions; rr embargo, NY and Boston, set; exemptions; Mayor O'Dwyer cuts vacation; plan to keep Gulf ports open as strike wedge hinted; pre-strike pact voided FMCS Dir Ching's peace plan; Ryan statement; Cunard sets embargo on E Coast traffic; boat trains schedules; tied-up cargo, Pier 61, illus
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ISRAEL CONFIRMS DIRECT ARAB TALKS; 2 STATES INVOLVED; Ben-Gurion Declines to Name Nations but London Report Cites Trans-Jordan, Egypt
By Sydney Gruson
Premier Ben Gurion repts talks with 2 Arab Govts in progress; refuses to identify them or to reveal talks site; sees peace in 4 wks if US defines its policy and bars Brit interference; says Israel will not withdraw troops from Negeb unless UN uses force; scores sanctions proposal
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Notable Births
1948Humayun Ahmed, Bengali popular writer, dramatist, novelist, screenwriter, lyricist and filmmaker (died 2012)[†]
Humayun Ahmed was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and academic. His breakthrough was his debut novel Nondito Noroke published in 1972. He wrote over 200 fiction and non-fiction books. He was one of the most popular authors and filmmakers in post-independence Bangladesh. Pakistani English newspaper Dawn referred to him as the cultural legend of Bangladesh.