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December 31, 1950

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Headlines from December 31, 1950

BOYS' TENNIS TITLE ANNEXED BY PAGEL; Finalists in Junior Tennis Play

By The New York Times

H Pagel wins boys' title

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President Renner of Austria Dies; Socialist, Foe of Dollfuss, Was 80; PRESIDENT RENNER OF AUSTRIA IS DEAD Elected After Both Wars Formed First Cabinet Issued Call for Elections Urged Democratic Methods

By The New York Times

dies, 80; career; por

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On the Policy Front; Up to Peiping Speculation About Mao

By Unknown Author

The prospect of a full-scale Chinese Communist offensive into South Korea confronted the United States Administration with an immediate question of foreign policy: Should we fight on in Korea with heavy odds against us? The answer came last week. It was; We will keep fighting; if the ...

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To Build $2,000,000 Woolen Mill

By Unknown Author

Plans woolen mill, Columbus, NC

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HOW SHERWOOD REVISED BARRY'S LAST PLAY; Call for Aid Pure Coincidence REVISING THE LAST PLAY BY BARRY Personal Problem

By Elliot Norton Drama Critic, the Boston Post. Boston

ROBERT E. SHERWOOD and the late, Philip Barry first met thirty years ago in New York, when Mr. Sherwood was motion picture critic of the old Life magazine and Barry, ...

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Notable Births

1950Bob Gilder, American golfer^[†]

Robert Bryan Gilder is an American professional golfer. He won six tournaments on the PGA Tour and currently plays on the Champions Tour, where he has ten wins since joining in 2001.

1950Inge Helten, German sprinter^[†]

Ingeborg "Inge" Helten is a former athlete from West Germany, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. She was born in Westum, Sinzig, Rhineland-Palatinate.

1950Cheryl Womack, American businesswoman^[†]

Verna Cheryl Womack is an entrepreneur who founded Kansas City, Missouri-based VCW and National Association of Independent Truckers, Inc. which became a $100 million a year business selling insurance to independent truckers before selling the companies to private equity investors Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. She become a major philanthropist in the Kansas City area. Among her donations was $2 million to the University of Kansas to build Arrocha Ballpark which is named for her father Demostenes Arrocha.

Notable Deaths

1950Charles Koechlin, French composer and educator (born 1867)^[†]

Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin, commonly known as Charles Koechlin, was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. Among his better known works is Les Heures persanes, a set of piano pieces based on the novel Vers Ispahan by Pierre Loti and The Seven Stars Symphony, a 7 movement symphony where each movement is themed around a different film star who were popular at the time of the piece's writing (1933).

Historical Context for December 31, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]