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| North America:The thirtieth Democratic national convention meets in Philadelphia to nominate Harry S. Truman. Some Southern delegates leave over civil rights disputes to form the Dixiecrats, nominating Strom Thurmond.
The twenty fourth Republican national convention meets in Philadelphia to nominate Thomas E. Dewey. |
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Dec. 18, 1948; WDSU signs on as New Orlean s first television station. Owner Edgar Stern has lured Mel Leavitt away from New Your to be the station s sports and special events director. He will work Sugar Bowls, LSU football, Tulane and Loyola basketball, the fair grounds, boxing matches. His live coverage of the Kefauver hearings in 1960 won him a Peabody Award in 1960 and an Emmy for a 1969 Commentary. He will host countless Mardi Gras telecasts and hosts the local quiz show Prep Quiz Bowl for almost 30 years. He later turns to writing with A Short History of New Orleans in 1983 and Great Characters of New Orleans two years later. He will die at age 70 in 1997. |
| Earl Long elected for his first full term as governor. | John G. Schwegmann of Schwegmann Brothers Giant Super Market fights the state law requiring a minimum markup on alcoholic beverages. The state Supreme Court later declares the law unconstitutional. It is the first political activity by the family. (see 1961). | With a 1948 recorrd of 70-83 the New Orleans Pelicans are back in the bottom half of the Southern League after last year s winning season. | Moisant Airport is the largest commercial airport in the United States with a field of 1,360 acres, a 30,0000 square foot administration building and 2,500 passengers daily. | ||||||||
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