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IN the eleventh year of the American Theatre Wing's existence, the cash resources are rapidly getting down to what they were originally. Let's not think about what they were originally. But the need for the Wing's services does not go down.
Cutbacks in production of consumer goods are starting to loosen supplies of scarce materials. Additional factors tending to increase supplies include credit controls, limitations of end-uses and inventory credit regulations. This is the first easing of supplies at the ...
steel priorities seen limiting projects
The state of industrial confusion which prevailed in January will become worse and will continue until a definite procedure is established for the allocation of materials and facilities for defense and permissible civilian purposes. This is the conclusion of the report of the Business Survey Committee of the National Association of Purchasing Agents.
1951Brian Bilbray, American politician[†]
Brian Phillip Bilbray is an American politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 and again from 2006 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.
1951Leonid Kadeniuk, Ukrainian general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2018)[†]
Leonid Kostyantynovych Kadenyuk was the first astronaut of independent Ukraine to fly into outer space.
1951Billy Bass Nelson, American R&B/funk bass player[†]
William "Billy Bass" Nelson is an American musician, who was the original bassist for Funkadelic. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]