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troops help police quell riots near Foggia; main theatre of Communist offensive shifts from N to S Italy; rioting, Milan, illus
'50 session ends
CIO paper workers 9 1/2-mo strike against Continental Paper Co (Ridgefield, NJ) ends as both sides agree to 4-point plan calling for drastic changes in union orgn; issues in strike and settlement provisions revd; co officials H Sayre and W J Alford Jr comment
Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Acad awards
Carney issues new curbs on air-conditioning and refrigeration units, use of hoses and automatic sprinklers; sees 225-260-million gals saved daily; repts on reservoir supplies
1950Gary Wichard, American football player and agent (died 2011)[†]
Gary Theodore Wichard was a college football player and professional sports agent.
1950James Rudolph Garfield, American lawyer and politician, 23rd United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1865)[†]
James Rudolph Garfield was an American lawyer and politician. Garfield was a son of President James A. Garfield and First Lady Lucretia Garfield. He served as Secretary of the Interior during President Theodore Roosevelt's administration.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]