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July 22, 1949

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DESAPIO TO DEMAND ROGERS QUIT RACE FOR BOROUGH HEAD; Incumbent Is Still in It but Is Expected to Announce Withdrawal Today MANCUSO RESIGNS POST New Tammany Leader Pledges All-Out Efforts to Elect O'Dwyer and Ticket FIGURE IN TAMMANY SHAKE-UP DESAPIO TO DEMAND ROGERS QUIT RACE

By James A. Hagerty

DeSapio holds press conf; reveals he asked for and received F X Mancuso resignation as Orgn and Elections Com chmn; says 'Mancuso-Neal and co' influence in Tammany is ended; comments on F Costello Tammany role; says ouster of R B Blaikie from Tammany Exec Com was blunder; will urge direct election of AD leaders; J Feldman charges Insincerity on latter; Mancuso on DeSapio statement

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Truman Minimizes Atomic Parley, Assures Public No Crisis Impends; Truman Minimizes Atomic Parley, Assures Public No Crisis Impends

By Harold B. Hintonspecial To the New York Times

Pres Truman minimizes importance of July 14 conf; says someone 'leaked' repts

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BUS STRIKE ENDED ON MAYOR'S PLAN; SERVICE RESUMED; UNION VOTE TAKEN Count 1,237 to 496 for Approval After Quill Stems Revolt Move PATTERN IS BELIEVED SET City and TWU Officials Expect Similar Procedure to Avert Walkouts on Other Lines STRIKING TRANSPORT WORKERS VOTING BUS STRIKE ENDED ON MAYOR'S PLAN

By A. H. Raskin

strikers accept O'Dwyer plan; Quill stems opposition move to continue strike; Kheel to offer plan to bar quickie strikes

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RED DEFENSE CALLS OUSTED PROFESSOR; Medina Excludes Testimony on Seattle Party School and Rebukes Counsel for Slur Red Defense Attacks Exclusion Of Ousted Teacher's Testimony

By Russell Porter

defense witness Prof H J Phillips testifies on teaching at CP school in Seattle; ct bars testimony as irrelevant; defense counsel protests; Medina reprimands them; F Hashmall testifies for defense on use of force and violence in Ohio

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House Beats Brannan Plan, Retains Present Farm Aid; BRANNAN PROGRAM DEFEATED IN HOUSE

By John D. Morrisspecial To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The House, dealing the Truman Administration a severe defeat, decisively rejected the Brannan farm program today and passed a bill to continue the present agri cultural price support system for another year.

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1949Alan Menken, American pianist and composer^[†]

Alan Irwin Menken is an American composer and conductor. Over his career he has received numerous accolades including winning eight Academy Awards, a Tony Award, eleven Grammy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards, and a Daytime Emmy Award. He is one of 21 recipients to have won the competitive EGOT.

1949Lasse Virén, Finnish runner and police officer^[†]

Lasse Artturi Virén is a Finnish former long-distance runner, winner of four gold medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. Virén recaptured the image of the "Flying Finns" promoted by runners like Hannes Kolehmainen, Paavo Nurmi and Ville Ritola in the 1920s. He was elected Finnish Sportsman of the Year in 1972 and 1976 and later became a politician and a member of Finland's parliament in 1999–2007 and 2010–2011.

Headlines from July 22, 1949

DESAPIO TO DEMAND ROGERS QUIT RACE FOR BOROUGH HEAD; Incumbent Is Still in It but Is Expected to Announce Withdrawal Today MANCUSO RESIGNS POST New Tammany Leader Pledges All-Out Efforts to Elect O'Dwyer and Ticket FIGURE IN TAMMANY SHAKE-UP DESAPIO TO DEMAND ROGERS QUIT RACE

Truman Minimizes Atomic Parley, Assures Public No Crisis Impends; Truman Minimizes Atomic Parley, Assures Public No Crisis Impends

RED DEFENSE CALLS OUSTED PROFESSOR; Medina Excludes Testimony on Seattle Party School and Rebukes Counsel for Slur Red Defense Attacks Exclusion Of Ousted Teacher's Testimony

House Beats Brannan Plan, Retains Present Farm Aid; BRANNAN PROGRAM DEFEATED IN HOUSE

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