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May 7, 1950

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PORT BRIDGE PLAN BLOCKED BY DEWEY; Peril to Thruway Is Seen in Project at Dobbs Ferry for Link With Jersey Roads PORT BRIDGE PLAN BLOCKED BY DEWEY Brings Conflict Into Open Little Conflict Is Seen Tests Made 14 Years Ago

By Joseph C. Ingraham

Gov Dewey bars Port Authority projected Dobbs Ferry bridge to link 3 rds at NJ line; sees peril to Thruway project; Port and Thruway Authorities rift made pub; Grand View, NY, Mayor McGoldrick calls residents conf to map fight against Tappan Zee span

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WRIT READY TO CITE BROWDER AND FIELD; Red Inquiry Counsel Draws Up Papers for Contempt Action He Recommends to Senators WRIT READY TO CITE BROWDER AND FIELD Study of Files Planned Browder Looks To Exoneration

By Unknown Author

counsel for subcom recommends E Browder and F V Field be held in contempt; repts Field atty sent him lr holding Field not in contempt; Browder, Field comment; subcom assigns Sens Lodge and Green to make study in Eur of dept loyalty and security programs; Tydings says subcom will start exam of dept files; says files should satisfy McCarthy on basis of Feb 20 s on 81 cases; Sen Brewster backs McCarthy on files inadequacy and on FBI files demand; Budenz tells subcom R W Weiner can aid Amerasia case probe

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Notable Births

John Coates (sports administrator)

1950John Dowling Coates, Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman[†]

John Dowling Coates is an Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman. He is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having been a vice president from 2013 to 2017 and again since 2020, and is the former president of the Australian Olympic Committee and chair of the Australian Olympic Foundation. Alongside these roles Coates is also the president of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Council of Arbitration for Sport.

Tim Russert

1950Tim Russert, American television journalist and lawyer (died 2008)[†]

Timothy John Russert was an American television journalist and lawyer who appeared for more than 16 years as the longest-serving moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. He was a senior vice president at NBC News and Washington bureau chief, and also hosted an eponymous CNBC/MSNBC weekend interview program. He was a frequent correspondent and guest on NBC's The Today Show and Hardball. Russert covered several presidential elections, and he presented the NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey on the NBC Nightly News during the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Time magazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008. Russert was posthumously revealed as a 30-year source for syndicated columnist Robert Novak.

Historical Context for May 7, 1950

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