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Gen Bradley testifies Truman's ending of aid, Jan '50, was against Cs/S advice; says Cs/S in Dec '49 backed modest aid, Sen com
Rules merchants who refuse to sign no-price-cutting agreements are not bound by state 'fair trade' laws
J Adonis and 4 aides plead no defense; face 18 yrs each but maximum sentence is doubtful
$60 million for bldg fast cargo ships included in Truman supplemental fund request
1951Kenneth Bianchi, American serial killer and rapist[†]
Kenneth Alessio Bianchi is an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist. He is known for the Hillside Strangler murders which he committed with his cousin Angelo Buono Jr. in Los Angeles, as well as for two more murders in Washington State as the sole perpetrator. Bianchi is currently serving a sentence of life imprisonment in Washington State Penitentiary for these crimes. He was also at one time a suspect in the Alphabet murders, three unsolved murders in his home city of Rochester, New York, from 1971 to 1973. Bianchi was most recently denied parole in 2025.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]