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'51-52 exec budget proposal submitted by Impellitteri to Estimate Bd contains no rise
Truman reptd mapping changes; would appt new Psychological Strategy Bd, with full-time dir under Asst State Sec Barrett and responsible to Deputy Defense Sec Lovett, State Under Sec Webb, CIA Dir Smith and Council; F C Nash to replace Sec Finletter on sr staff; C E Bohlen to replace Amb Jessup and another appointee to replace W M Martin Jr; other sr staff members listed; comment
W S Churchill accepts inv to speak at 200th anniv of library; Pres Stassen comments; anniv plans
Auriol lauds contribution to recovery; text
63 enemy divs reptd regrouping; counter-attack in center seen; UN patrols active, Songdong area; fighting light; Chinese patrol repulsed near Sakpo
1951Brendan Barber, English trade union leader[†]
Brendan Paul Barber, Baron Barber of Ainsdale, is a British trade union official and life peer. He served as chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Council until 2020. He is a former general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress (TUC); a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at the end of 2012. He was appointed Acas Chair in 2014, replacing Ed Sweeney, who had been in the post since 2007. He also serves on the board of the Banking Standards Board, the Board of Transport for London (2013–), the board of Britain Stronger in Europe, the Council of City University, London and the board of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
1951Annette Dolphin, British academician and educator[†]
Annette Catherine Dolphin is a British scientist who is professor of pharmacology in the Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology at University College London (UCL).
1951Mitch Woods, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Mitch Woods is an American modern day boogie-woogie, jump blues and jazz pianist and singer. Since the early 1980s he has been touring and recording with his band, the Rocket 88s. Woods calls his music, "rock-a-boogie," and with his backing band has retrospectively provided a 1940s and 1950s jump blues style.
1951Henrik Visnapuu, Estonian poet and playwright (born 1890)[†]
Henrik Visnapuu was an Estonian poet and playwright.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]