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Realty Management, a new fortnightly publication to serve New York property owners, is being published by World Features Inc., of which Lawrence A. Benenson is president. Mr. Benenson is executive editor and J.S. Finger is editor of the publication.
A sprawling garden apartment development which eventually will accommodate 527 families is rapidly taking shape on the former site of the Grassy Sprain golf course in the Bronxville West section ...
ON three fronts last week the theatre was preparing to take important steps to wards expansion and improvement.
Opening skirmishes in the battle for an excess profits tax failed to disturb the financial markets last week.
1950Peter Biyiasas, Greek-Canadian chess player[†]
Peter Biyiasas is a Canadian chess grandmaster. He was Canadian champion in 1972 and 1975, represented Canada with success on four Olympiad teams, and played in two Interzonals. He moved to the United States in 1979, settling in California. He retired from competitive play in the mid-1980s to work as a computer programmer. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was a frequent training partner of Bobby Fischer, who stayed at his home in San Francisco for extended periods.
1950Aage Redal, Danish actor (born 1891)[†]
Aage Redal was a Danish stage and film actor.
1950US General Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes Supreme Commander of NATO-Europe.[†]
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]