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August 22, 1950

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Headlines from August 22, 1950

Title Tennis Admits First Negro, a Girl

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PRESIDENT RENEWS RAIL PEACE EFFORT; STRIKES CUT STEEL; Yardmen's Walkout in 3 Cities Halts Republic Steel Output and Makes Thousands Idle 2 MORE TIE-UPS DUE TODAY No Progress Made in Parleys of Conductors, Trainmen-- Switchmen Break Off Talks

By Harold B. Hinton Special To the New York Times

new White House conf and NRMB conf with switchmen fail; unions blame mgt; W T Faricy scores their failure to accept Pres fact-finding bd recommendations; functions of terminal rrs and probable strike effects discussed

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SENATE PASSES BILL FOR WIDE CONTROLS; LIMITS PRICE CURBS; President Ordered to Freeze Wages at Same Time if He Invokes Price Ceilings POWER TO CABINET AIDE Rule Over Allocations Vested in Commerce Secretary-- Passage Is by 85 to 3

By Charles E. Egan Special To the New York Times

Sen passes controls bill including power for Pres Truman to requisition equipment and supplies

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World News Summarized

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POPE BIDS CLERGY REJECT DEVIATION; Encyclical Bars Compromises on Dogma as Undermining Roman Catholic Doctrine

By Camille M. Cianfarra Special To the New York Times

Pope's encyclical warning clergy against deviating from RC doctrines seen barring Christian chs unity except upon acceptance of RC doctrines

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Notable Births

1950Ray Burris, American baseball player and coach^[†]

Bertram Ray Burris is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB), and the current rehabilitation pitching coordinator in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. He played in MLB from 1973 through 1987 for seven different teams. Listed at 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.

1950Scooter Libby, American lawyer and politician, Chief of Staff to the Vice President of the United States^[†]

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby is an American lawyer and former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney. He became known as a high-ranking staff person to be indicted by a grand jury on charges related to an intelligence investigation. He was convicted but later granted clemency by one Republican president and pardoned by another.

Notable Deaths

1950Kirk Bryan, American geologist and academic (born 1888)^[†]

Kirk Bryan was an American geologist on the faculty of Harvard University from 1925 until his death in 1950.

Historical Context for August 22, 1950

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