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December 30, 1949

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HUNGARIANS SEIZE FOREIGN COMPANIES IN SWEEPING MOVE; Nationalization Decree Affects All Trade and Industry Still Held in Private Hands U. S. HOLDINGS ARE TAKEN Washington May Ban Travel to Czechoslovakia and Poland to Protect Citizens HUNGARIANS SEIZE FOREIGN COMPANIES

By Dispatch of The Times, London

Govt nationalizes all foreign-owned or financed indus; affected interests cited; compensation provisions not revealed

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CHAMBERS CHARGES DENIED BY MRS. HISS; At Husband's Second Trial She Avoids an Earlier Pitfall -- Defendant Leaves Stand CHAMBERS CHARGES DENIED BY MRS. HISS

By William R. Conklin

on Field discharge from Unitarian Relief Service and on Hiss '48 lr to Field; shows that Hiss tried to get Binger to testify before grand jury; K F Helfrich testifies on Chambers; Rear Adm Hepburn testifies on Hiss character; A Lucas shows med records to prove Hiss in Chappaqua on Dec 26, 1937; Mrs Hiss testifies, contradicting Chambers testimony; cites casual relations; denies Communist ties; testifies on orgn activities in Washington, '35-39, and on background

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Connally Urges All Factions To Retain Bipartisan Policy; He Says Disunity on Political Basis in U. S. Weakens Us Abroad -- Seeks to Placate G. O. P. Critics on Spain and Far East CONNALLY APPEALS FOR BIPARTISANISM

By William S. Whitespecial To the New York Times

Sen Connally urges all factions support bipartisanship; backs Vandenberg; Sen Malone attacks concept and Vandenberg right to s for Repubs

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HIGH COURT ANNULS CITY'S RENT FREEZE AND EVICTION CURB; Sharkey Law Is Held Violation of State Constitution's Home Rule Provision LOWER BENCH IS REVERSED Landlords Will Ask Immediate Increases as Allowed by Federal Expediter HIGH COURT ANNULS CITY'S RENT FREEZE

By Douglas Dalesspecial To the New York Times

Gov Dewey seen recommending extension

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RISE IN WATER USE INSPIRES WARNING BY CITY OFFICIALS; Carney Says Reservoir Supply at 35.8% of Capacity Is Little Above Dec. 12 Low CAR-WASHING BAN HOLDS Air-Conditioners Must Have Recirculating System, Hotel Delegation Is Told RISE IN WATER USE INSPIRES WARNING

By Charles G. Bennett

Comr Carney refuses to end ban

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1949David Bedford, English runner^[†]

David Colin Bedford OBE is an English former long-distance runner, whose athletic career spanned the early 1970s. Post-retirement, he served as race director of the London Marathon until 2012, and is the Chairman of the IAAF Road Running Commission, as well as sitting on the IAAF Cross Country Committee as the UK Athletics elected representative.

1949Jerry Coyne, American biologist and author^[†]

Jerry Allen Coyne is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. A professor emeritus at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, he has published numerous papers on the theory of evolution. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve the fruit fly, Drosophila. In 2023 he became a fellow with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

1949Jim Flaherty, Canadian lawyer and politician, 37th Canadian Minister of Finance (died 2014)^[†]

James Michael Flaherty was a Canadian politician who served as the federal minister of finance from 2006 to 2014 under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Headlines from December 30, 1949

HUNGARIANS SEIZE FOREIGN COMPANIES IN SWEEPING MOVE; Nationalization Decree Affects All Trade and Industry Still Held in Private Hands U. S. HOLDINGS ARE TAKEN Washington May Ban Travel to Czechoslovakia and Poland to Protect Citizens HUNGARIANS SEIZE FOREIGN COMPANIES

CHAMBERS CHARGES DENIED BY MRS. HISS; At Husband's Second Trial She Avoids an Earlier Pitfall -- Defendant Leaves Stand CHAMBERS CHARGES DENIED BY MRS. HISS

Connally Urges All Factions To Retain Bipartisan Policy; He Says Disunity on Political Basis in U. S. Weakens Us Abroad -- Seeks to Placate G. O. P. Critics on Spain and Far East CONNALLY APPEALS FOR BIPARTISANISM

HIGH COURT ANNULS CITY'S RENT FREEZE AND EVICTION CURB; Sharkey Law Is Held Violation of State Constitution's Home Rule Provision LOWER BENCH IS REVERSED Landlords Will Ask Immediate Increases as Allowed by Federal Expediter HIGH COURT ANNULS CITY'S RENT FREEZE

RISE IN WATER USE INSPIRES WARNING BY CITY OFFICIALS; Carney Says Reservoir Supply at 35.8% of Capacity Is Little Above Dec. 12 Low CAR-WASHING BAN HOLDS Air-Conditioners Must Have Recirculating System, Hotel Delegation Is Told RISE IN WATER USE INSPIRES WARNING

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