Dist Atty Herman holds that although Mrs A R P Satterthwaite placed babies illegally, financial gain was not motive; says she aided Army nurses who returned to US pregnant; NY Special Sessions dismisses counts

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A head-on collision between two Long Island Rail Road trains near 'Rockville Centre killed at least twenty persons and injured 100 others. [1:8.]

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Notable Births

1950Nana Amba Eyiaba I, Ghanaian queen mother and advocate^[†]

Nana Amba Eyiaba I, known non-formally as Eunice Amba Amoah, is a Ghanaian queen mother from the Effutu Municipal District of Central Region, Ghana. She is the former Director of Education for Central Region. From 2004 to 2010, Eyiaba was appointed by President John Kufuor to serve as a member of the national Electoral Commission of Ghana, co-organizing and supervising the parliamentary and presidential elections of 2004 and 2008.

1950John Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2009)^[†]

John Wilden Hughes Jr. was an American filmmaker and producer. He is best known for writing, producing, and directing such films as Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and Uncle Buck, and writing Pretty in Pink and Home Alone.

1950Cybill Shepherd, American actress^[†]

Cybill Lynne Shepherd is an American actress, singer and former model. Her film debut and breakthrough role came as Jacy Farrow in Peter Bogdanovich's coming-of-age drama The Last Picture Show (1971) alongside Jeff Bridges. She also had roles as Kelly in Elaine May's The Heartbreak Kid (1972), Betsy in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), and Nancy in Woody Allen's Alice (1990).

Historical Context for February 18, 1950

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