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Truman asks $3.505 million more, lr to Speaker Rayburn
Killed in plane crash, Arctic; career
US and S Korean troops work together effectively, Kochang area; US officers laud S Korean troops; N Koreans fail to exploit capture of Hyopchen
USCG screens seamen on West Coast for security; 2 barred, San Francisco; appeal procedure to be set up
1950Jussi Adler-Olsen, Danish author and publisher[†]
Carl Valdemar Jussi Henry Adler-Olsen is a Danish crime fiction writer, a publisher, editor, and entrepreneur, best known for his Department Q series. He made his debut as a nonfiction writer in 1984, and as a fiction writer in 1997.
1950Ted Turner, British guitarist[†]
David Alan "Ted" Turner is an English guitarist and vocalist, best known for his work with the rock band Wishbone Ash, in which he was famed for his twin lead guitar instrumental arrangements with Andy Powell. Turner also contributed lap steel guitar to a variety of Wishbone Ash recordings.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]