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July 15, 1949

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STRIKE HALTS 29 BUS ROUTES OF OMNIBUS, 5TH AVE. LINES; ISSUE IS OUSTING OF 4 MEN; 1,125,000 AFFECTED Walkout Lasting 2 or 3 Weeks Is Seen as TWU Broadens Demands PEACE EFFORTS COLLAPSE Kheel and City Officials Strive to Settle Dispute -- Mayor, Due for Vacation, May Cut It LABOR AND MANAGEMENT DISCUSS STRIKE AS BUSES DISAPPEAR FROM CITY'S STREETS BUS STRIKE HALTS 29 ROUTES IN CITY

By A. H. Raskin

TWU strikes against NYC Omnibus to protest firing of 4 mechanics for alleged refusal to work; extended to 5th Av Coach; 29 routes halted; Quill hints broader walkout; E C Collins comments; Kheel and O'Grady peace efforts fail

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MORRIS DESIGNATED FUSION CANDIDATE IN RACE FOR MAYOR; Republican and Liberal Chiefs Agree on Council's Ex-Head After 12-Hour Parley CORSI SOUGHT FOR TICKET Efforts Pressed to Get Him to Be Choice as Council Head -- War on Rogers Grows Morris Named Fusion Candidate; Corsi Also Is Sought for Ticket

By James A. Hagerty

Repub-Liberal-Fusion parties conf designates N Morris as candidate; Liberals ratify agreement; Sec Curran scores O'Dwyer for role against Hogan; E C Maguire to coordinate citizens groups for O'Dwyer; M L Lacey sends wire to O'Dwyer

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TRUMAN AND STEEL STILL DEADLOCKED AS WALKOUT NEARS; Fairless Again Proposes Board Limited to Fact-Finding as Provided by Taft Law PRESIDENT REPEATS VIEWS He Says No Emergency Exists to Justify His Acting Under Labor Relations Act TRUMAN AND STEEL STILL IN DEADLOCK

By Louis Starkspecial To the New York Times

Truman to name bd; US Steel asks Truman to limit bd to fact-finding as provided in Taft-Hartley Law; Fairless telegram text; Sen O'Mahoney wire to Fairless warns on creating 'class conflict'; defends Truman; Sen Myers urges cos cooperate; 5 cos accept Truman plan

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Notable Births

Carl Bildt

1949Carl Bildt, Swedish politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Sweden[†]

Nils Daniel Carl Bildt is a Swedish politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1991 to 1994. He led the Moderate Party from 1986 to 1999, appearing as its lead candidate in four general elections, before his appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs under Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt from 2006 to 2014. Bildt first entered the Riksdag in 1979, holding a seat until 2001. A member of the Bildt family, he is a great-great grandson of Baron Gillis Bildt, who was Prime Minister of Sweden from 1888 to 1889.

Trevor Horn

1949Trevor Horn, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[†]

Trevor Charles Horn is an English record producer and musician. His influence on pop and electronic music in the 1980s was such that he has been called "the man who invented the eighties".

Richard Russo

1949Richard Russo, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter[†]

Richard Russo is an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and teacher. In 2002, he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel Empire Falls. Several of his works have been adapted into television series and movies. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural, small-town life in the Northeastern United States, particularly in Maine, Pennsylvania, and Russo's native Upstate New York.