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MacArthur aide Col Echols asks newsmen not to identify mil units or rept location of hdqrs or troop movements
Conv, St Louis; NYC Teachers Union Local 555 withdraws membership to protest proposed ban on Communists; exec com accepts move
Sandcraft (dredge): sunk by collier Melrose, NY Harbor
Radio Free Eur plans 1st broadcast to USSR bloc
1950Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer[†]
Ewen John Chatfield is a former New Zealand cricketer. A medium-pace bowler, though Chatfield played 43 Tests and 114 One Day Internationals for his country, he is also remembered for having been hit in the head by a ball while batting, causing him to collapse and need resuscitation.
1950James Hahn, American judge and politician, 40th Mayor of Los Angeles[†]
James Kenneth Hahn is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat, Hahn was elected the 40th mayor of Los Angeles in 2001. He served until 2005, at which time he was defeated in his bid for re-election. Prior to his term as Mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including deputy city attorney (1975–1979), city controller (1981–1985) and city attorney (1985–2001). Hahn is the only individual in the city's history to have been elected to all three citywide offices. He is currently a sitting judge on the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]