Editors Name 1947's Top News Stories
The Associated Press survey names inflation and U S Russian rift as the year's biggest story. Truman Greece Turkey aid and the Taft Hartley law follow, with Texas City explosion and India, Palestine, Elizabeth marriage, Florida hurricane, and Flying Saucers rounding out the top ten.
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India
Elizabeth
Britain
Palestine
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Florida
Joe Louis
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Year of wacky doings on a nation of odd events
A roundup of oddities from AP News features includes a San Francisco police sergeant showing slot machine evils to children, a pigeon smashing an Olivet College porch, a New York hotel rescue that led to a court appearance, and a Dallas water pistol assault. Also noted are a Decatur rail crossing crash, a dog-toting laundry-shop pup, a clam-eating Atlantic City resident, and multiple lighthearted mishaps across the country.
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Marshall No 1 Newsmaker of 1947 in AP Poll
U S statesman George C Marshall named top newsmaker and outstanding foreign affairs figure by Associated Press editors for 1947. Sworn in January as secretary of state he guided postwar policy including the Marshall Plan and major international conferences.
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