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US plans 5 more yrs of occupation; to expand mil bldg; to change role of US ground forces
That a ball club "can't win 'em all" is a diamond cliche recognized and accepted by everyone, Leo Durocher not excepted.
Communist forces landed near Linkao reptdly reach Hoihow outskirts; map; Nationalist position deteriorating; top mil and pol leaders reptdly quit Hoihow; N coast resistance reptd broken
PHILADELPHIA, April 22-- Pinch Hitter Paul Lehner opened the home half of the fifteenth inning with a home run off Relief Pitcher Ellis Kinder to give the Athletics a 6-to-5 victory over the Red Sox in the major leagues' longest game of the season.
1950Rowley Leigh, English chef and journalist[†]
Richard Rowland Leigh, known commonly as Rowley Leigh, is a British chef, restaurateur and journalist who lives in Shepherd's Bush, London.
1950Barbara McIlvaine Smith, Sac and Fox Nation Native American politician[†]
Barbara McIlvaine Smith is an American politician. A Democrat, she is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, representing the 156th district from 2007 to 2010. She previously served on the West Chester, Pennsylvania Borough Council and was the Council's vice-president from 2004 to 2006. She is an enrolled member of the federally recognized Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]