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With party arrives, Key West, for 23-day stay; plans
accord between McCloy and Adenauer, Feb, reptdly provided for splitting of Central Coal Sales Agency and limiting Ruhr steel cos to ownership of coal mines producing no more than 75% of their needs; French reptdly accepted plan; Adenauer yields to industrialists pressure to delay final approval; he and McCloy agree to postpone coal-control problem
15 killed, 10 hurt in DC-3 crash in snowstorm, Sioux City Munic Airport; victims list; illus; map
1st modern 'killer' submarine K-1 launched, Elec Boat Co, Groton, Conn; illus; described
J Reston on Big 4 Foreign Mins deputies conf; outlines US stand on various Ger issues
1951Lindsay Cooper, English composer, bassoon and oboe player (died 2013)[†]
Lindsay Cooper was an English bassoon and oboe player and composer. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians. She collaborated with a number of musicians, including Chris Cutler and Sally Potter, and co-founded the Feminist Improvising Group. She wrote scores for film and TV and a song cycle Oh Moscow which was performed live around the world in 1987. She also recorded a number of solo albums, including Rags (1980), The Gold Diggers (1983), and Music For Other Occasions (1986).
1951Andy Murray, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Andy Murray is the former head coach for the Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey team of the NCAA Division I National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC). He is a former head coach of the Los Angeles Kings and the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League.
1951Heizō Takenaka, Japanese economist and politician[†]
Heizō Takenaka is a Japanese economist, retired politician, and political activist last serving as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of State for Privatization of the Postal Services in the cabinet of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. As of July 2007, he is a professor at Keio University and an advisor for other academic institutions and companies. Takenaka serves on the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]