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Pres Truman stands by US (Baruch) plan, int
Funds bill for restoration as natl monument passed, House; history revd
probe resumes; Adm Radford reptdly scores stress on B-36 in defense planning
Truman comments on party discipline issue; defends practice of party officials exerting pressure on Cong; says persons elected on party platform have duty to carry out party pledges
ct denies defense motions for Mrs D'Aquino new trial, acquittal and for arrest of judgment; her atty and Govt closing statements; Mrs D'Aquino sentenced to 10 yrs imprisonment; fined $10,000; appeal to be made; bail to be sought
1949Dave Hope, American bass player and priest[†]
Dave Hope is an American bass guitarist who played with the American progressive rock band Kansas from 1970 until the band's first split in 1983. When he was in high school, he played the tuba and trumpet in his high school band. In the 1970s, while he was in Kansas, he was known for his heavy drug use. However, in 1980, Hope became a born-again Christian and adopted a much cleaner lifestyle than before.
1949The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.[†]
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a socialist workers' and peasants' state. The economy of the country was centrally planned and state-owned. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the Soviets, its economy became the most successful in the Eastern Bloc.