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ILA rejects proposal; J P Ryan threatens strike in all E Coast ports; shippers seen adamant against pay rise; FMCS intervention seen
veterans proceed with plans; assure Fanelli demonstration will be orderly; Law and Order Com urges revocation of veterans parade permit, wires to Dewey and Atty Gen McGrath; Fanelli on plans; golf course owner S D Szego gives reasons for rental to Robesonites; W Secor, stabbed during Aug 27 demonstration, released from hosp
US and GB blame USSR excessive claims for Foreign Mins deputies deadlock
Tito doubts war with USSR; int with Prof K F Mather; holds differences with Stalin date from '44; Cominform backs 5th column; Moscow press notes foreign press comment
LONDON, Sept. 2 -- Dollar bankruptcy faces Britain within a matter of months unless the Labor Government changes its policy or dollar relief is obtained from the Washington financial talks beginning next week, in the opinion of commentators writing in the British week-end reviews today.
1949JosĂ© PĂ©kerman, Argentine footballer, coach, and manager[â ]
José Néstor Pékerman Krimen is an Argentine-Colombian professional football coach. His last team managed was the Venezuela national team. As a youth level coach for Argentina, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship three times, and the U20 South American Youth Championship twice. He coached the Argentina national football team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and became coach of the Colombia national team in 2012. He subsequently managed the Colombia national team during the 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups where he led the team to their best result, the quarterfinals, in 2014, their first World Cup qualification after 16 years of absence.
1949Patriarch Peter VII of Alexandria (died 2004)[â ]
Peter VII was the Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004. During his reign, Petros VII was credited with reviving the Greek Orthodox churches in Africa by increasing the churches' attendance of about 250,000 people.