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role hailed by Mayor O'Dwyer
Foreign Min Clementis seen facing inquiry on deviation after return from US; pol role noted; por; he shuns comment
G Bidault nominated Premier; prospects of forming Cabinet dim; Pres Auriol and Assembly Pres Herriot attempt to heal party split; C de Gaulle urges Parliament dissolution
25th anniv meeting
N Morris charges that Mayor O'Dwyer suppressed Comr Murtagh rept on alleged Manhattan Pier 42 scandal to save 2 Bklyn Congressmen; says latter recd 50% of stock of stevedoring co which leased pier against city laws from obscure ss co; links resignation of Comr Haffenden; Murtagh explains rept was not pub because it was referred to dist atty
1949John Markoff, American journalist and author[†]
John Gregory Markoff is a journalist best known for his work covering technology at The New York Times for 28 years until his retirement in 2016, and a book and series of articles about the 1990s pursuit and capture of hacker Kevin Mitnick.
1949Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago[†]
Keith Christopher Rowley is a Trinidadian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 2015 to 2025. He was the leader the People's National Movement (PNM) from 2010 to 2025 and was Leader of the Opposition from 2010 to 2015. He also served as the Member of the House of Representatives for Diego Martin West from 1991 to 2025. He is a volcanologist by profession, holding a doctorate in geology, specializing in geochemistry.
1949Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902)[†]
Yaroslav Oleksandrovych Halan was a Soviet Ukrainian writer, playwright, and publicist.
1949The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.[†]
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the East River to the east. Completed in 1952, the complex consists of several structures, including the Secretariat, Conference, and General Assembly buildings, and the Dag Hammarskjöld Library. The complex was designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz, with final projects developed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier. The term Turtle Bay is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole.