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October 23, 1949

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GOLD REVALUATION NOT SCOTCHED YET; Official Denials of New Dollar Price Received Skeptically in Financial District CURRENCY LINK PERSISTS Specific Proposals for Change Made -- Productivity Called True Measure of Value GOLD REVALUATION NOT SCOTCHED YET

By Paul Heffernan

Disclaimers by high-ranking government officials of any imminent plans for revaluing gold upward in terms of American dollars are being received with skepticism in the financial district. There persists a feeling that current-day official tinkering with the value of money did not end with the wave of September valuations.

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U. S. CHOOSES ALLEN, CAREER DIPLOMAT, AS BELGRADE ENVOY; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Quickly Succeeds Cannon in Post POSITION IS HELD CRUCIAL Observers See It Complicated by Yugoslavia Victory in U.N. Election Over Soviet Bloc U. S. CHOOSES ALLEN AS BELGRADE ENVOY

By Walter H. Waggonerspecial To the New York Times

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PLANS FOR THE 1950 HOLY YEAR; Italy and the Vatican Prepare to Welcome Three Million Tourists -- Many Large Pilgrimages Are Planned From This Country

By Paul Hofmann

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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE RIALTO; Too Many Angels Give Producer an Unusual Headache -- Items

By Lewis Funke

AMONG the more curious items to turn up last week was the one about Producer Leland Hayward's embarrassment of riches. For, with everyone around The Street crying about how hard it is these days to get "angels" to part with their funds, Mr. Hayward was being confronted with the paradox of how to turn them down.

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Notable Births

1949Krešimir Ćosić, Croatian soldier and politician^[†]

Krešimir Ćosić is a Croatian soldier and politician.

1949Oscar Martínez, Argentine theater actor^[†]

Oscar Martínez is an Argentine actor, author and theatre director who works both in his country and in Spain, where he is based. He received the Premio Konex de Platino in 1991 for his film work, and again in 2001 for his work as the theatre actor. He also received the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the 73rd Venice Film Festival for his role in the comedy-drama The Distinguished Citizen.

1949Nick Tosches, American journalist, author, and poet (died 2019)^[†]

Nicholas P. Tosches was an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet. His 1982 biography of Jerry Lee Lewis, Hellfire, was praised by Rolling Stone magazine as "the best rock and roll biography ever written."

1949Würzel, English singer and guitarist (died 2011)^[†]

Michael Richard Burston, commonly known by the stage name Würzel, was an English musician who played professionally for three decades. He played guitar in British rock band Motörhead from 1984 to 1995, playing on six studio albums and two live albums. Würzel died at the age of 61, following heart complications.