Truman's Popularity Rises Amid Party Strain
President Truman enjoys rising popularity according to Gallup while Democratic party machinery shows strain from internal leadership shifts and the threat of third party campaigns. The piece weighs labor influence, machine politics, and potential Republican rivals like Eisenhower as factors shaping the 1948 contest.
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US food outlook sharply split on meat and grain policy
The United States debates directing 500 million bushels of wheat to Europe by next June while cutting feed use to save grain. Meat supply is set to shrink and prices to rise in 1948 as demand stays strong. Cholera spreads in Egypt, and Gallup finds Americans favor tougher action on the Soviet Union. Marshall Plan work accelerates with a Paris agreement framework and a possible 20 billion cost.
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Building U.N. home faces long run with big workforce
The 65 million dollar United Nations headquarters project in New York City will employ about 75 000 workers over three years directly and another 50 000 indirectly. Plans include site clearance, design refinement, traffic systems, and possible per country product contributions to financing.
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Single Hair Convicts Murderer in Noted Case
Collier's reports a homicide case where a single hair at the scene led to identifying the killer. Hairs from three suspects were nearly identical until ultraviolet light revealed purple fluorescence in the hair of one suspect, caused by daily aspirin intake.
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