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Field illus; McCarthy, on vacation in Ariz, pledges to continue fight
Fed Ct rules lay-off of 300 3d Av Transit workers needed because of co operating deficit; authorizes 2d retroactive pay installment
Premier Tito holds '46 accord with P Togliatti for transfer of Gorizia to Yugoslavia is basis for solution to Trieste problem
G Wagner, witness in Bklyn probe, reveals $6,000 loan to Acting Lt J F Reilly
1950Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (died 2013)[†]
Sir Paul Scott Holmes was a New Zealand broadcaster who gained national recognition through his high-profile radio and television journalism. Holmes fronted one of first major prime time current affairs shows of the 1980s, Holmes, which ran on TV One from 1989 to 2004. Holmes hosted the Newstalk ZB breakfast show from 1985 to 2008, and the Saturday morning show from 2009 to 2012.
1950Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer[†]
Phillip Roger Noyce is an Australian film and television director. Since 1977, he has directed over 19 feature films in various genres, including historical drama ; thrillers ; and action films. He has also directed the Jack Ryan adaptations Patriot Games (1992) and Clear and Present Danger (1994), as well as the 2014 adaptation of Lois Lowry's The Giver.
1950Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician[†]
Deborah Ann Stabenow is an American politician who served from 2001 to 2025 as a United States senator from Michigan. A member of the Democratic Party, she was Michigan's first female U.S. senator.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]