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Sup UN Command ends communiques on specific mil operations; limits self to gen releases; lower echelons to rept on specific front actions; 'covering up' of mil errors suspected; Army Information Chief Maj Gen Parks disturbed
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10--Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall placed before Congress today a plan for compulsory Universal Military Service and Training of twenty-seven months for all men on reaching the age of 18.
Bklyn Dist Atty's office hands out questionnaires on policemen's financial backgrounds
Sec Acheson says US consults other UN members on next steps; pessimistic on Peiping reaction to new peace efforts
Monaghan bars firemen from selling orgn tickets and souvenir journal ads
1951Charlie Huhn, American rock singer and guitarist[†]
Charles Hartley Huhn is an American rock singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player. He got his start in Grand Rapids, Michigan, playing with local groups Cirrus, Tanglewood, and Vic Amato & Co before joining Ted Nugent in January, 1978. While recording 1 Platinum and 3 Gold Records with Nugent, including 3 world headliner tours, he followed up recording the lps Dirty Fingers and Do You Want Some Moore with Gary Moore, and toured in the U.K in 81 & 82. In 1983, he joined Victory and recorded 4 albums and performed 4 European and American tours. In 1988 he joined Humble Pie and recorded the CD Live At The Agora, and performed live with the band until 2000 when Huhn joined Foghat after the untimely death of singer Dave Peverett, and recorded and performed steadily until retiring in 2022.
1951Willie Maddren, English footballer and manager (died 2000)[†]
William Dixon Maddren was an English professional football player and manager. A one-club man, he made all his professional club appearances for Middlesbrough between 1968 and 1979, and went on to manage the club from 1984 to 1986.
1951Philip Tartaglia, Scottish archbishop (died 2021)[†]
Filippo "Philip" Tartaglia was a Scottish prelate who served as a bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as Metropolitan Archbishop of Glasgow from 2012 until 2021. He previously served as Bishop of Paisley. Prior to his appointment as bishop, he was a professor at seminaries, as well as an assistant pastor and parish priest in the Archdiocese of Glasgow.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]