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Dr G S Seagrave, 'Burma surgeon', held, Namhkan, for aiding Karens; believed to have aided Kachin rebel chief Naw Seng escape to China; US Embassy views arrest as 'serious matter'
NYS placements rise 23% June-July; idle down 100,000 June 5-Aug 6
SKs continue advance N of Kigyi; capture Tongyong; with US troops hold positions near Kumhwa, contain NK attack near Hyoryong; US troops eliminate NK Naktong bridgehead SW of Taegu, restore their position E of Yunce; inflict heavy losses on enemy near Haman; SKs land on Yonghung Island
confs deadlocked; token 5-day strikes set; seizure plans denied
Brit Labor party natl com asks world mutual aid plan to sustain prosperity of indus nations and counter communism and fascism
1950Patrick Juvet, Swiss singer-songwriter and model (died 2021)[†]
Patrick Juvet was a Swiss singer-songwriter, who had a string of hit records in Europe. While his early career was focused on making pop records, he found international success as a disco music performer in the latter half of the 1970s. His biggest hit, "I Love America", made the top twenty in France, Sweden and the UK, and the top ten in the US disco chart.
1950Arthur Bremer, American attempted assassin of George Wallace[†]
Arthur Herman Bremer is an American convicted criminal, who attempted to assassinate U.S. Democratic presidential candidate George Wallace on May 15, 1972, in Laurel, Maryland, leaving Wallace permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Bremer was found guilty and sentenced to 63 years in a Maryland prison for the shooting of Wallace and three bystanders. After 35 years of incarceration, Bremer was released from prison on November 9, 2007.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]