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Holds USSR bloc resorts to aggression to further communism, Warsaw Peace Cong
US 7th Div within 5 mi of border; Kapsan capture described; UN forces advance out of Changchon bridgehead; B-29s bomb 6 border targets; Navy planes again hit Sinuiju bridges; 1 enemy Jet downed, 2 damaged; 3-5 others escape; 50 B-26s attack Musan; Capital Div crosses Orangchon; resistance eases, Tokchon area; town reptd cleared; US 1st Cavalry finds no large enemy concentrations, 4 mi N of Yongbyon; guerrillas active; single UN vehicles barred from Seoul-Pyongyang rds; 247 NKs killed, Namwon
Sen Bricker on Repub plans to contest bd confirmation, stressing opposition to Richardson; Sen McCarthy attacks Richardson and McHale; Sen Kilgore lauds Richardson
CWA signs 15-mos pacts with Western Elec and Mich Bell; wage rises; both sides laud mediators; illus
elections; Socialist gains seen rebuff to Govt pleas to accept role
1950Jacqueline Gourault, French politician[†]
Jacqueline Gourault is a French politician who served as Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities in the governments of successive Prime Ministers Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Movement (MoDem), she previously served as Minister attached to the Minister of the Interior from 2017 to 2018. In 2022, she was appointed to the Constitutional Council by President Emmanuel Macron.
1950Gary Green, British musician[†]
Gary William Green is an English musician. During the 1970s, he was the guitarist for the progressive rock band Gentle Giant. Green was with the band throughout their recording career. Green's style was different from most of his peers, being a more blues-based guitarist. Like his fellow band members, Green was also adept at other instruments, including mandolin and recorder. According to a 2008 interview, founding member Phil Shulman said that, despite Green's blues influences, he fit in well with the band's progressive style since Green was "quick on the up-take."
1950Francesco Cilea, Italian composer (born 1866)[†]
Francesco Cilea was an Italian composer. Today he is particularly known for his operas L'arlesiana and Adriana Lecouvreur.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]