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To the record of the MacArthur inquiry last week were added hundreds of thousands of words of testimony--but the new testimony for the most part was old material. The main lines of arguments had been set weeks ago.
The contrast between home building in the United States and in Europe was noted last week by six leaders in the construction industries in Sweden, Denmark and Austria who began a five-week tour of major home building centers here as guests of the Economic Cooperation Administration.
Univ dept repts demand for professional workers at record high
International efforts to stabilize prices of basic materials received further impetus last week as key groups turned renewed attention to the problem of assuring necessary supplies to countries cooperating in the Western rearmament program.
Plans for Allendale Park Estates, a new community of twostory, four-bedroom dwellings in Allendale, N.J., were announced yesterday by Carl C. Low Sons, new building firm planning a number of developments in other parts of Bergen County.
1951Starhawk, American author and activist[†]
Starhawk is an American feminist and writer. She is known as a theorist of feminist neopaganism and ecofeminism. In 2013, she was listed in Watkins' Mind Body Spirit magazine as one of the 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People.
1951John Garrett, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster[†]
John Murdoch Garrett is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender and television sports commentator. He played in the World Hockey Association from 1973 to 1979 and then in the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1985. After retiring from playing he turned to broadcasting.
1951Joe Piscopo, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter[†]
Joseph Charles John Piscopo is an American actor, comedian, and conservative radio talk show host. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1980 to 1984, where he played a variety of recurring characters. His film roles include Danny Vermin in Johnny Dangerously (1984), Moe Dickstein in Wise Guys (1986), Doug Bigelow in Dead Heat (1988) and Kelly Stone in Sidekicks (1992).
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]