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Bing outlines '50-51 season plans; adm team named; Traubel and Flagstad will have equal status; to split roles; Bing bars 'ultimatum' by Melchior
Sec Acheson says embargo is unacceptable to US, press conf; does not mention Nairobi lr but scores Brit failure to consult US cos prior to move
An $861,722,633 budget was sent to the Legislature by Governor Dewey yesterday. The sum was $77,565,011 less than the current budget, economies coming mainly from cuts in new public works and welfare aid and from no provision for new school construction.
Sen approves Lucas-amended Lodge Const amendment proposal to divide electoral votes among candidates in proportion to popular vote, 64-27; Electoral Coll to be abolished, states retaining number of electoral votes equal to Cong representation; debate and Taft objections revd; Sen rejects Langer and Humphrey proposals for popular election of Pres and VP, 60-31 and 63-28; rejects Mundt proposal for division of state's electoral vote between top 2 candidates, 67-23; rejects Ferguson proposal to give total electoral vote of any state to candidate polling greatest number of popular votes, 71-20
1950Osamu Kido, Japanese wrestler (died 2023)[†]
Osamu Kido was a Japanese professional wrestler who wrestled for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). He participated in the foundation of New Japan of 1972 and the foundation of Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF) in 1984. In 2005, after four years in retirement, Kido returned to the ring.
1950Libby Purves, British journalist and author[†]
Elizabeth Mary Purves, is a British radio presenter, journalist and author.
1950Bárbara Rey, Spanish singer and actress[†]
Bárbara Rey is a Spanish film and television actress. She is the daughter of Andrés García Valenzuela and Salvadora García Molina.
1950Barbara Sukowa, German actress[†]
Barbara Sukowa is a German actress of screen and stage and singer. She has received three German Film Awards for Best Actress, three Bavarian Film Awards, Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, Venice Film Festival Award, as well as nominations for European Film Awards, César Awards, and Grammy Awards.
1950Genichiro Tenryu, Japanese wrestler[†]
Genichiro Shimada , better known as Genichiro Tenryu is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and professional wrestling promoter. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling. "Tenryu" was his shikona. He had two stints with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), where he spent the majority of his career while also promoting Super World of Sports (SWS), Wrestle Association R (WAR) and Tenryu Project. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. At the time of his retirement, professional wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer wrote that "one could make a strong case [that Tenryu was] between the fourth and sixth biggest native star" in the history of Japanese professional wrestling.
1950Constantin Carathéodory, Greek mathematician and academic (born 1873)[†]
Constantin Carathéodory was a Greek mathematician who spent most of his professional career in Germany. He made significant contributions to real and complex analysis, the calculus of variations, and measure theory. He also created an axiomatic formulation of thermodynamics. Carathéodory is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of his era and the most renowned Greek mathematician since antiquity.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]