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Peiping reprs set press conf on 'all problems' including cease-fire; E A Gross end Lt Gen Crittenberger outline UN Command stand, UN truce com: com briefs Sec Gen Lie; Assembly com studying China representation in UN defers debate pending cease-fire talks
2,771,000 manpower ceiling discarded; total to be 3 million by June 30; Defense Dept seen conservative on expansion speed
5 'key men' held in 2 raids on floating dice games
House Repub Conf, by voice vote, some dissenting, adopts resolution of no-confidence in Sec Acheson; demands ouster, dept housecleaning and policy change; action taken on eve of Acheson departure for N Atlantic Council meeting; Sen Repub Conf, 23-5, approves same resolution with Sen Taft amendment pledging Repub cooperation to Adm in current crisis; roll-call; Sens Millikin, H A Smith, Lucas, Speaker Rayburn, Repr Javits comment
Pres Truman asks $1,834,-911,000 more
1950Claudia Cohen, American journalist (died 2007)[†]
Claudia Lynn Cohen was an American gossip columnist, socialite, and television reporter. She is credited with putting the New York Post's Page Six gossip column on the map. The building housing the University of Pennsylvania's College of Arts and Sciences was renamed in her honor in 2008.
1950Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (died 2006)[†]
Roy Schuiten was a Dutch track and road racing cyclist. After retirement he became a team manager before starting a restaurant.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]