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Dems call measure dangerous and arbitrary; ask bipartisan bill
Sen Douglas backs plan to ask Cong approval; holds Pres has power but cites natl div of opinion on point; H E Stassen says Taft does not repr Repubs
US mil planners conf in Tokyo; may discuss strategic situation
7 killed, 21 safe as DC-4 crashes on landing, Phila, illus; stewardess M F Housley saves 10, dies trying to save trapped child; DC-4 skidded on icy runway
some unofficial Brit groups protest rearming
1951Ernie DiGregorio, American basketball player[â ]
Ernest DiGregorio, also known as "Ernie D.", is an American former professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Buffalo Braves, Los Angeles Lakers, and Boston Celtics from 1973 to 1978.
1951Ernest Swinton, British Army officer (born 1868)[â ]
Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton, was a British Army officer who played a part in the development and adoption of the tank during the First World War. He was also a war correspondent and author of several short stories on military themes. He is credited, along with fellow officer Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Dally Jones, with having initiated the use of the word "tank" as a code-name for the first British, tracked, armoured fighting vehicles.
1951Nikolai VekÅ¡in, Estonian-Russian captain and sailor (born 1887)[â ]
Nikolai Vekšin was a Russian and Estonian sailor and helmsman of the bronze-medallist Estonian team at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[â ]