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USSR note to ECE that she favors Eur grain pact seen break in trade impasse; Myrdal role hailed; Polish and Czech notes charge US with discrimination
AP rept on Memorial Day wk-end deaths
The city administration offered yesterday to have the question of high school teachers' salaries investigated by a fact-finding group consisting of members of the Board of Education and outside citizens. Pending the survey, the teachers would be expected to resume the extra-curricular activities that they dropped some time ago.
C L Sulzberger on USSR and US cold war tactics
US concerned over French-Brit rift; to urge end to mutual distrust; France sends new note to GB reiterating terms
1950Jean Chalopin, French director, producer, and screenwriter, founded DIC Entertainment[†]
Jean Chalopin is a French businessman, banker and former television producer. In 1971, he founded the production company DIC Entertainment, which specialized in children-oriented television and film productions. Through the company, he co-created successful television series including Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, Sonic Underground, and Dennis the Menace; he also served as the co-writer and producer of The Mysterious Cities of Gold. He created a successor company, C&D in 1987. DIC was dissolved into Cookie Jar Group in 2008, and he has since shifted focus onto a career in banking.
1950Gregory Harrison, American actor[†]
Gregory Neale Harrison is an American actor. He is known primarily for his roles as Dr. George Alonzo "Gonzo" Gates, the young surgeon assistant of Dr. Trapper John McIntyre on the CBS series Trapper John, M.D. (1979–86), and as ruthless business tycoon Michael Sharpe in the CBS series Falcon Crest (1989–1990). Since 2015, Harrison has played Joe O'Toole, father of Oliver, in the Hallmark Channel expansion films of Signed, Sealed and Delivered. From 2020 to 2024, he assumed the role of Gregory Chase on General Hospital.
1950Christine Kurzhals, German politician (died 1998)[†]
Christine Kurzhals was a German engineer and politician who served in the Bundestag from 1994 until her death in 1998. A member of the Social Democratic Party from Saxony, she was prominent for her role in the inner reunification process.
1950Edgar Savisaar, Estonian politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior (died 2022)[†]
Edgar Savisaar was an Estonian politician, one of the founding members of Popular Front of Estonia and the Centre Party. He served as the acting Prime Minister of Estonia, Minister of the Interior, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, and twice mayor of Tallinn.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]