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September 28, 1949

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TRUMAN'S POINT 4 MEETS HOSTILITY AT HOUSE HEARING; Both Parties Cool, but GOP Leads Challenge to Aid for Underdeveloped Areas ATOM' DEFENSE PUT FIRST Martin Raises Issue as Aides of Administration Appear -- Aim at 1949 Vote Denied TESTIFY ON UNDERDEVELOPED WORLD AREAS POINT FOUR PLEAS MEET HOSTILITY

By Clayton Knowlesspecial To the New York Times

Repr Martin and other Repubs cite blast as reason against Point 4 Plan, House com

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Yanks, Red Sox Win; Cards Lose Ground

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NON-UNION MINES OPEN UNDER GUNS; Arsenals and State Troopers Guard 35 Pits From Bands of Pennsylvania Pickets NONUNION MINES OPEN UNDER GUNS

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

35 non-union mines reopen under armed guard, Clearfield dist, Pa; other states rept violence; UMW officials refuse comment on rept Fayette County, Pa, local records were seized following Livengood suit; US Steel drops out of talks; seen as indication steel indus will let operators write contract

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' C' Trains on IND to Be Dropped; Bronx Assemblyman Attacks Plan; C' TRAINS ON MIND TO BE ELIMINATED

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'C' express trains on IND 8th div to be dropped; Assemblyman Drohan protests, lr to Reid

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U. S. WILL SUPPORT YUGOSLAVIA IN BID FOR SECURITY BODY; Decides to Vote for the Tito Regime Over Czechoslovakia, Soviet Candidate in U. N. BRITAIN MAY BACK LATTER Ecuador and India Slated for Places in Council -- China Lays Case Against Russia U. S. WILL SUPPORT YUGOSLAVIA IN U. N.

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

US will back Yugoslavia; regional allocation system discussed

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Notable Births

1949Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter^[†]

Jim Henshaw is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film and television producer.

1949Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress^[†]

Vernee Christell Watson is an American actress, author, and acting coach. Watson-Johnson is known for her recurring roles as Vernajean Williams on Welcome Back, Kotter (1975–1979), as Viola "Vy" Smith on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990–1996), playing the mother of Will Smith's character and head nurse Gloria Tyler on Bob Hearts Abishola (2019–2024). She is often featured in guest or recurring roles as a nurse. Since 2017 she has played Stella Henry on General Hospital.

Notable Deaths

1949Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens (born 1881)^[†]

Archbishop Chrysanthus of Athens, born Charilaos Filippidis, was the Archbishop of Athens and all Greece between 1938 and 1941.