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priest at funeral scores pol leaders ties with gangsters
Bridges sentenced to 5 yrs in jail for perjury and 2 yrs for conspiring against naturalization laws; Schmidt and Robertson get 2 yrs; appeal filed; Harris bars fines for fear ILWU will be assessed; denies new trial; defers Bridges denaturalization
TWU demands revd
hearing opens; delegate to State Const Conv R Kageyama admits being Communist party member, '47; links Dr J Reinecke and 6 others to party; I Izuka links ILWU officials J W Hall and R and Mrs McElrath, Dr Reinecke to Communist exec bd, '30; T Ogoshi, describes Communist recruitment; says Hall attended most party meetings; ILWU counsel plans motion to quash service of subpoena on ILWU members
WASHINGTON, April 10--The Senate approved and sent to the White House today the $3,500,000,000 Housing Bill of 1950 with its incentives for home building by families of low and moderate incomes. The House gave its approval Thursday. Signing by President Truman is expected.
1950Bill Irwin, American actor and clown[†]
William Mills Irwin is an American actor, choreographer, clown, and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He also worked as a choreographer on Broadway and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Choreography in 1989 for Largely New York. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the Sesame Street segment Elmo's World, and he appeared in the Sesame Street film short Does Air Move Things? He has regularly appeared as Dr. Peter Lindstrom on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and had a recurring role as "The Dick & Jane Killer" on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. From 2017 to 2019, he appeared as Cary Loudermilk on the FX television series Legion.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]