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December 23, 1950
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Headlines from December 23, 1950
Hogan Scans Police Society's Files; Gives No Clue to Scope of Inquiry; HOGAN SUBPOENAS POLICE UNIT FILES May Seek Other Data
Dist Atty Hogan subpoenas records; bars comment
STABILIZING ORDER FREEZES PAY PACTS IN AUTO INDUSTRY; Move Effective Until March 1 Follows Rollback of Prices to Levels of Dec. 1 COVERS MILLION WORKERS Escalator Clauses That Base Rates on Cost of Living Are Not Affected Now First Wage Ceiling Imposed Stabilization Directive Freezes Pay Pacts in the Auto Industry For "Careful Study" of Policy
ESA freezes all auto wage pacts and salary plans; 1st such action; escalator clauses not affected now
Carney Ousted From Water Post; Supported Pecora Against Mayor; Carney Ousted from Water Post; Supported Pecora Against Mayor
Carney resigns in response to phone call from F J Sampson
Acheson Says U.S. Rejects Retreat To Own Hemisphere; ACHESON OPPOSES HEMISPHERE SHELL Aides Attend Meeting Not Hard-Pressed
Acheson repts to pub, int; says US rejects abandoning Eur; says US role in force depends on number of Eur troops
Notable Births
1950Michael C. Burgess, American obstetrician and politician[†]
Michael Clifton Burgess is an American physician and politician who represented Texas's 26th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2025. The district is anchored in Denton County, a suburban county north of Dallas and Fort Worth. He is a member of the Republican Party.
1950Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, English general[†]
General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, is a retired senior British Army officer and member of the House of Lords. He was Chief of the General Staff from 2006 to 2009.
1950Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager[†]
Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque is a Spanish retired football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and is to date the only football manager to have won the World Cup, the Champions League, the European Championship and the Intercontinental Cup.

1950Ilchi Lee, South Korean author and educator[†]
Lee Seung-Heun, better known as Ilchi Lee, is a South Korean author and the founder of a variety of mind-body training methods, including Body & Brain, Brain Wave Vibration, Kookhak Qigong, and DahnMuDo, all falling under the umbrella name "Brain Education". Lee started teaching his methods in a park in the 1980s, and since then, the practice has developed into an international network of for-profit and non-profit entities. Lee's practices have been criticized as pseudoscience, and his organizations as a cult.
Notable Deaths
1950Vincenzo Tommasini, Italian composer (born 1878)[†]
Vincenzo Tommasini was an Italian composer.
Historical Events
1950General Walton Walker dies in a jeep accident and is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway in the Eighth United States Army.[†]
Walton Harris Walker was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident. He received two Distinguished Service Crosses for extraordinary heroism in World War II and the Korean War.
Historical Context for December 23, 1950
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]