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January 2, 1950

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Headlines from January 2, 1950

SHOWDOWN ON COAL IN VIEW THIS WEEK; DENHAM MOVE SEEN; Decision Expected on Whether to Seek Taft Law Injunction to End the 3-Day Week OPERATORS PUSH FOR STEP Dual Wage Scale Goes Into Effect--New Strike Call Is Possible, but Doubted

By A.h. Raskin

Showdown on indus deadlock seen during wk; decisions by NLRB counsel Denham on seeking injunction against UMW and by Lewis on permitting 2 wage scales or calling full strike expected; UMW denies it will withdraw men from mines refusing to sign contracts

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NEW $5,000,000 PIER, FIRST OF ITS TYPE, IS PLANNED BY CITY; PROPOSED PIER WHICH WILL BE A SHARP DEPARTURE FROM PRESENT TYPE

By George Horns

Comr Minetti reveals plans for new Pier 57; puts cost at $5-6 million; design revolutionary; sketch

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Dewey Aims Election Attack At 'Socialized Medicine' Plan; DEWEY AIMS FIGHT AT HELALTH AID PLAN

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

Dems prepare bills for state aid as part of election campaign

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WORLD BANK DROPS LOAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRITISH UNIT; Abandons $5,000,000 Project of Colonial Agency for Aid to Dependent Regions LONDON BALKS AT TERMS Conditions Are Unacceptable to United Kingdom Body as Alien to Its Set-up

By Felix Belair Jr. Special To the New York Times

IBRD and Colonial Development Corp end talks on $5-million loan for projects in dependencies; IBRD says corp balks at nonfinancial terms; nature of corp and projects blamed

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1950James Dooley, Irish-Australian politician, 21st Premier of New South Wales (born 1877)^[†]

James Thomas Dooley was an Australian political figure who served twice, briefly, as Premier of New South Wales during the early 1920s.

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In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]

Headlines from January 2, 1950

SHOWDOWN ON COAL IN VIEW THIS WEEK; DENHAM MOVE SEEN; Decision Expected on Whether to Seek Taft Law Injunction to End the 3-Day Week OPERATORS PUSH FOR STEP Dual Wage Scale Goes Into Effect--New Strike Call Is Possible, but Doubted

NEW $5,000,000 PIER, FIRST OF ITS TYPE, IS PLANNED BY CITY; PROPOSED PIER WHICH WILL BE A SHARP DEPARTURE FROM PRESENT TYPE

Dewey Aims Election Attack At 'Socialized Medicine' Plan; DEWEY AIMS FIGHT AT HELALTH AID PLAN

WORLD BANK DROPS LOAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRITISH UNIT; Abandons $5,000,000 Project of Colonial Agency for Aid to Dependent Regions LONDON BALKS AT TERMS Conditions Are Unacceptable to United Kingdom Body as Alien to Its Set-up

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