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United Nations members were warned by Warren R. Austin yesterday that each was risking future aggression unless all adopted the United States motion to brand Communist China an aggressor in Korea.
Dr C A Thomas asks provision in draft bill for Reserve Specialist Training Corps to insure training of scientists
Nehru says US move to brand Peiping aggressor cannot lead to accord; says Peiping wants talks on Far East problems; backs immediate talks; sees Peiping reply to UN as partial acceptance of UN plan
Repr Spence sees controls possible despite parity stipulations
2,500 Communists held for role in attempted anti-Eisenhower rally, Paris; 2 Communist newspapers seized; link to Cominform orders seen; failure held lowering French party standing with Cominform
1951Steve Prefontaine, American runner (died 1975)[†]
Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who from 1973 to 1975 set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. He competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and he was preparing for the 1976 Olympics with the Oregon Track Club at the time of his death in 1975.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]