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Mayor O'Dwyer calls conf to avert strike; Hodes repts wildcat slowdown; issues suspension orders; TWU to await implementation; Guinan sees TWU willing to conf
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Six Air Force men escaped injury tonight when their B-17 plane wrecked a power line during a landing approach and put part of southeast and southwest Washington in darkness for two hours.
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Robinson, Bill (Bojangles)
Pres Truman demands curb on security leaks after Sen E C Johnson television int on 'super-bomb' developments; conf with aides; Johnson and Atty Gen McGrath comment
1949Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor[†]
Mari bin Amude Alkatiri is a Timorese politician. He was Prime Minister of East Timor from May 2002 until his resignation on 26 June 2006 following weeks of political unrest in the country, and again from September 2017 until May 2018. He is the Secretary-General of the Fretilin party and was the former President of the Special Administrative Region of Oecusse.
1949Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Shlomo Artzi is an Israeli folk rock musician, composer, music producer, radio host and singer-songwriter. He is one of the most popular and successful musicians in Israel.
1949Martin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Martin Lee was an English singer-songwriter, best known as a member of the pop group Brotherhood of Man.
1949Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic[†]
Vincent A. Mahler is a professor of Political Science at Loyola University Chicago, where he serves as the Undergraduate Program Director.
1949Ivan Patzaichin, Romanian canoe world and Olympic champion (died 2021)[†]
Ivan Patzaichin was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 world championship medals, including four Olympic gold medals. This makes him the most decorated Romanian canoeist of all time.
1949The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.[†]
Constituent Assembly of India was partly elected and partly nominated body to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the Provincial assemblies of British India following the Provincial Assembly elections held in 1946 and nominated by princely states. After India's independence from the British in August 1947, its members served as the members of the 'Dominion Legislature of India', as well as the Constituent Assembly. It was first conceived by V. K. Krishna Menon, who outlined its necessity as early as 1933 and espoused the idea as a demand of the Indian National Congress.