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Dixmude arrives, Bizerte, Tunisia; unloaded by troops; Communists attempt protest parade, Tunis; 8 held
program indefinitely postponed as US delays aid
McCarthy, Lucas, Connally, Hickenlooper, Taft reactions
IMF dirs ask control over proposed payments union, memo to US Natl Advisory Council; OEEC opposes move; recent IMF-OEEC Washington talks noted; IMF rejects observer role; some US officials support IMF plan
Geneva observers reaction to US curbs against imports
1950Christine Lahti, American actress and director[†]
Christine Ann Lahti is an American actress and filmmaker. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 1984 film Swing Shift. Her other film roles include ...And Justice for All (1979), Housekeeping (1987), Running on Empty (1988), Leaving Normal (1992), and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019). For her directorial debut with the 1995 short film Lieberman in Love, she won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]