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Sen Foreign Relations and Armed Services Coms, sitting as probe com, vote 14-9 for closed hearings; to edit transcripts to safeguard mil secrets; Russell comments; Repubs reply; com gets secret data on Wake Is Conf and Wedemeyer '47 rept on Korea
UN bombers rept record 962 sorties in day and night attack; hit supply convoys near Seoul, communications at Yongmi and in Harahung-Wonsan area
Repr Brehm, Repub, Ohio, convicted of violating Fed Corrupt Practices Act involving salary kickbacks from employe
Welcomed, Murfreesboro; marks wedding anniv; gets gifts, medal; illus; lauded by husband
1951Gordon Greenidge, Barbadian cricketer and coach[†]
Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge is a Barbadian retired cricketer who represented the West Indies in Test and One Day International (ODI) teams for 17 years, as well as Barbados and Hampshire in first-class cricket. Greenidge is regarded worldwide as one of the greatest and most destructive opening batsmen in cricket history. In 2009, Greenidge was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. He was a member of the squads which won the World Cups in 1975, 1979 and runners-up in 1983.
1951Sally Mann, American photographer[†]
Sally Mann is an American photographer known for making large format black and white photographs of people and places in her immediate surroundings: her children, husband, and rural landscapes, as well as self-portraits.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]