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F Erickson aide H Pellino linked to New Rochelle meter concessions, NY County gambling probe
strike deferred to June 1 at NRMB request
Western Foreign Mins moves indicate realization of USSR refusal to conclude treaty
At least twenty persons were killed and more than 400 injured last night when four barges loaded with various types of ammunition exploded at 7:25 o'clock at South Amboy, N.J.
1950Andy Johns, English-American engineer and producer (died 2013)[†]
Jeremy Andrew Johns was a British sound engineer and record producer who worked on several well-known rock albums, including the Rolling Stones' Exile on Main St. (1972), Television's Marquee Moon (1977), and a series of albums by Led Zeppelin during the 1970s.
1950Reinaldo Merlo, Argentinian footballer and coach[†]
Reinaldo Carlos Merlo is an Argentine football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder.
1950Jane Parker-Smith, English organist (died 2020)[†]
Jane Caroline Rebecca Parker-Smith (1950–2020) was a British classical organist. Her obituary in The Guardian said she had "a stellar international career, popular with audiences for her wide-ranging sympathies and jaw-dropping virtuosity".
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]