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Dawson agrees to testify with Truman approval; ADA urges Dawson testify; Com hearing; NAM repr R E Gay testifies, backing abolition; Sen Fulbright testifies, doubts Cong will vote abolition; J L Fly testifies, urges probe of Kaiser-Frazer loans
Stressler and Lasky plead guilty to charges of paying Godet
Sen crime com would tax gamblers and racketeers on gross income, curb deductions
Sen crime com rept calls NYC a major crime center but lauds Dist Attys Hogan and McDonald for fight; cites O'Dwyer alleged failure to prosecute some Murder Inc figures; accuses Costello of perjury; pol links noted
1951John Glascock, English singer and bass player (died 1979)[†]
John Glascock was a British musician. He was the bassist and occasional lead vocalist of the rock band Carmen from 1972 to 1975; and the bass guitarist for progressive rock band Jethro Tull from 1976 until his death in 1979. Glascock died at the age of 28 as a result of a congenital heart valve defect, which was worsened by an infection caused by an abscessed tooth.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]