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Dr Katz-Suchy (Poland) charged by A A Berle Jr with insulting US troops, Amer Pol & Soc Science Acad meeting; wrangle occurs
Fifty spokesmen for business, industry, labor and civic organizations appeared before the City Council's finance committee during a six-hour public hearing yesterday to argue against the proposed 1 per cent rise in the sales tax, but passage next Wednesday of the bill authorizing the increase remained assured. [1:8.]
LAKE SUCCESS, April 6--Syria requested today that the United Nations Security Council be convened as soon as possible to take the necessary action on the clash between Israel and Syria in the El Hamma district of one of the demilitarized zones between the countries.
US Appeals Ct cites Sec Sawyer, Deputy Atty Gen Ford, Solicitor Gen Perlman, Under Sec Fleming, G L Killion and 5 others for contempt; enjoins them from seeking to evade compliance with previous orders; Dist Ct, San Francisco, enjoins Dollar from taking co control; Govt injunction suit filed in San Francisco at Truman order
1951Bruce Gary, American drummer (died 2006)[†]
Bruce Gary was an American musician who was best known as the drummer for the music group the Knack. He was nominated for two Grammy Awards as a stage performer, producer, and recording artist.
1951Janis Ian, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Janis Ian is an American singer-songwriter who was most commercially successful in the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature songs are the 1966/67 hit "Society's Child " and the 1975 Top Ten single "At Seventeen", from her seventh studio album Between the Lines, which in September 1975 reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]