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A new contract agreement was reached last night by John L. Lewis in behalf of the striking coal miners and by the Northern, Western and "captive" mine operators several hours after a demand by President Truman for Congressional authority to seize the closed mines.
US High Comrs office repts on nationalism; sees no current crisis but stresses imminent dangers particularly in view of authoritarianism in Govt procedures; revs groups strength and policies
pact signed; map
Alaska statehood bill passed, House, 136-146; debate revd; Reprs Johnson, Delaney score disproportionate representation in Cong; Cooley cites pol issues; Cox opposes Alaska and Hawaii admission; J R Farrington defends Hawaii
Gov Dewey charges Fed Govt diverted $150 million in taxes collected for State adm, '49; urges Legis to memorialize Cong to revise law, message to Legis
1950Ofelia Medina, Mexican actress and screenwriter[†]
María Ofelia Medina Torres, more commonly known by her stage name Ofelia Medina, is a Mexican actress, singer and screenwriter of Mexican films. She was married to film director Alex Philips Jr. and actor Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
1950Rick Perry, American captain and politician, 47th Governor of Texas[†]
James Richard Perry is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 during the first Trump administration. He previously served as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015 and ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president of the United States in the 2012 and 2016 elections.
1950Safet Plakalo, Bosnian author and playwright (died 2015)[†]
Safet Plakalo was a Bosnian playwright, journalist, theatre critic and a founder of Sarajevo War Theatre (SARTR).
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]