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US lets Spain import Ger indus experts; industrialization program discussed
USSR announces POW repatriation is completed; Gers stunned, say USSR still has not acctd for 400,000
Repub conv set for Saratoga Springs Sept 6
analysis of Census Bur rept shows NY handled larger share of US commerce in '49 than in '48; shippers elated; say O'Dwyer used incomplete figures; study shows NY lost slightly in quality cargoes
1950Maggie MacNeal, Dutch singer[†]
Maggie MacNeal is a Dutch singer. She was a member of Mouth & MacNeal, a pop duo from the Netherlands, who are best known for their million-selling recording of "How Do You Do" in 1972, which topped the Dutch chart and became a US top ten hit, and for representing the Netherlands at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing third with the song "I See a Star", which went on to become a UK top ten hit. In 1980, she represented the Netherlands at the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, finishing fifth with the song Amsterdam.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]