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April 12, 1950

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Headlines from April 12, 1950

3 Indicted in City Job Test Fraud; Jury Assails Civil Service Board; 31 Indicted in City Job Test Fraud; Jury Assails Civil Service Board Posed as Man Now Missing Some Dropped From List

By Unknown Author

grand jury indicts Sanitation Dept employe T A Heaney Jr, J J Murphy and unidentified person on impersonation charge in taking exam; Dist Atty Hogan, in lr to O'Dwyer, scores Civil Service Comm failure to publicize case, citing Heaney current employment and taking of promotion exam

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BUDENZ SUMMONED IN LATTIMORE CASE AT M'CARTHY'S BID; CALLED TO TESTIFY

By William S. White Special To the New York Times.the New York Times

Budenz subpoenaed; surprised; says he never met McCarthy; s at Midland, Mich, says he can name 400 Communists in Govt; says CP policy is to have members sue when named; McCarthy comments on Budenz; subcom asks McCarthy to give names and other information by Apr 19; McCarthy reply; Tydings denies Lattimore right to cross-exam except indirectly; names R Morris and F Ayer Jr subcom aides; subcom decides to notify full com of Truman refusal to turn over files; Green reads Library of Cong head lr, Sen, refuting McCarthy on Lattimore Afghanistan mission

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SOVIET FLIERS FIRE ON U.S. AIRPLANE OVER BALTIC AREA; Moscow Charges a B-29 Was in Latvian Territory and Opened the Attack DENIALS IN WASHINGTON Navy Thinks Craft Involved Was an Unarmed Privateer Missing Since Saturday Sherman Disavows U.S. Firing Annexation Rejected by U.S. Security Restraint Imposed AIR CLASH REPORTED BY RUSSIANS SOVIET FLIERS FIRE ON U.S. AIRCRAFT Moscow Takes Serious View Sovereignty Held Violated Search for U.S. Plane Extended Swedish Protest Hinted

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Privateer missing on training flight between Wiesbaden and Copenhagen believed to be plane fired on by USSR over Latvia

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Notable Births

Joyce Banda

1950Joyce Banda, Malawian politician, 4th president of Malawi[†]

Joyce Hilda Banda is a Malawian politician, educator, and activist who served as the fourth president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014. She became president after the death of Bingu wa Mutharika, under whom has served as the fourth vice president from 2009 to 2012. A member of the People's Party, Banda has led the party since its creation in 2011, and was the first female president of Malawi and the second head of state, after Elizabeth II, and the second in Africa, after Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Flavio Briatore

1950Flavio Briatore, Italian businessman[†]

Flavio Briatore is an Italian businessman, who serves as executive adviser and de facto team principal of Alpine in Formula One. As the longtime team principal of the colloquially known "Team Enstone", Briatore led the team to three World Constructors' Championship and four World Drivers' Championship victories. However, he was dogged by allegations of cheating, including the 1994 "Launch Control" controversy and the 2007 "Spygate" affair, although in both cases his teams escaped penalties. He was forced out of Renault and received a lifetime ban from F1 after the 2008 "Crashgate" scandal, although a French court subsequently overturned the ban. Fifteen years later, he returned to the Enstone team, which currently operates as Alpine F1.

David Cassidy

1950David Cassidy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)[†]

David Bruce Cassidy was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his role as Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical-sitcom The Partridge Family.

1950Nicholas Sackman, English composer and educator[†]

Nicholas Sackman is an English classical composer.

Historical Context for April 12, 1950

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