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French see threat in unrestrained tone of USSR note on rearming
Memorial meeting, Moscow
Mobilization progress seen dependent on Govt planning; mfrs urge materials-control and priority systems, tooling output speed-up and definite scheduling policies; stress shortage of skilled technicians;hold indus condition good; subcontracting seen offsetting plants shortage
NYC Slum-Clearance Com asks bids on razing 7 slums and bldg moderate-rental projects under '49 Fed Housing Act; areas described; illus; 6 in Manhattan, 1 in Bklyn; Comr Moses comment; tenant relocation and priorities discussed; Fed Govt provides $16 million and city $8 million for writing down land costs
David's Inc: J Meehan and F Chiaramonti held for attempted fur theft
1951Ondrej Nepela, Slovak figure skater and coach (died 1989)[†]
Ondrej Nepela was a Slovak figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia. He was the 1972 Olympic champion, a three-time World champion (1971–1973), and a five-time European champion (1969–1973). Later in his career, he performed professionally and became a coach.
1951Harald Bohr, Danish mathematician and footballer (born 1887)[†]
Harald August Bohr was a Danish mathematician and footballer. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions. His brother was the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr. He was on the Denmark national team for the 1908 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal.
1951Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American sprinter and high jumper (born 1883)[†]
Lawson "Robbie" N. Robertson was considered one of the more accomplished American track coaches of the first half of the twentieth century. From 1904-1936, he was with the American team at every Olympics with the exception of 1916 when the Olympics were cancelled due to WWI. He coached Track and Field for the Irish-American Athletic Club in Queens, New York from 1909–16, and then for the University of Pennsylvania from 1916-47. He was U.S. Olympic Assistant Track coach in 1912 and 1920 and was head coach for the American Track and Field Team in four Olympics from 1924-36.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]