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House Armed Services Com rept asks basic changes in planning and adm of defense; stresses cross-educ, joint air training; urges revamping Joint Chiefs of Staff to rotate chmn; affirms civilian control
License Comr McCaffery enforces Mayor O'Dwyer's Theatre Com ticket sale code in move to stop scalping; com dir J Sauter rept to mayor noted
Sen McMahon urges conf
House votes bill for establishment, 247-125; adds Repr Flood amendment requiring FBI check of alien employes and scholarship holders
Gov Driscoll seizes co facilities pending settlement of dispute; bars any change in co operations or disruption in service; dispute goes to arbitration; outcome seen setting pattern for settlement of nationwide dispute with AT&T Long Lines Dept and Western Elec; Western Elec agrees to attend mediation talks in Washington; union official A T Jones scores seizure of NJ co; charges failure to bargain
1950Karen Carpenter, American singer (died 1983)[†]
Karen Anne Carpenter was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and drummer of the highly successful duo the Carpenters, formed with her older brother Richard. With a distinctive three-octave contralto range, she was praised by her peers for her vocal skills. Carpenter's work continues to attract praise, including appearing on Rolling Stone's 2010 list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]