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Pres Auriol commutes Petain's life term to hosp detention; Petain to be moved to France when health permits
Cong leaders see old Act extension unless pub floods Cong with mail in reaction to Pres Truman s; wires to Truman back his stand 2-1; Sens Maybank, Ives and Aiken rept little consumer reaction; Dir Wilson opposes stop-gap step; A Summer scores Adm stand on housing credit curbs; charges Expediter Woods and his staff back continued controls so they can keep jobs; Woods denies charge; defends controls; staff of Cong Com on Econ Rept asks provision for dispersal of defense indus in atomic attack
GB reptdly maps counter-offer; co denies withholding royalties; Grady conf with Jackson; will ask Mossadegh to bar provocation by 'take-over' mission in South; Shepherd conf with Mossadegh; delivers Morrison message urging moderation; Abadan refinery mgr predicts output drop if Iran seizes plant
2 Ger soldiers, entombed in Ger army underground supply depot, Poland, for 6 yrs, freed; 1 dies
UN crosses Imjin River N of Korangpo; throws back enemy reinforcements; other units meet stiff resistance N and W of Yonchon; UN patrols rept large groups of enemy in former Iron Triangle area; enemy entrenched on ridges above Kumhwa; hardfight to protect Kumsong seen; UN gains in Inje-Yanggu sector
1951Mohammed Al-Sager, Kuwaiti journalist and politician[†]
Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager is a Kuwaiti journalist, businessman, and politician.
1951Miriam Flynn, American actress and comedian[†]
Miriam Flynn is an American voice and character actress. She is best known as Cousin Catherine in the National Lampoon's Vacation films and Grandma Longneck in The Land Before Time franchises. She has acted in other films and in several television series, the latter including a recurring role as Sister Helen on the Fox/WB sitcom Grounded for Life.
1951Ian Hargreaves, English-Welsh journalist and academic[†]
Ian Richard Hargreaves CBE is professor emeritus at Cardiff University, Wales, UK.
1951Stephen Hopper, Australian botanist and academic[†]
Stephen Donald Hopper is a Western Australian botanist. He graduated in Biology, specialising in conservation biology and vascular plants. Hopper has written eight books, and has over 200 publications to his name. He was Director of Kings Park in Perth for seven years, and CEO of the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority for five. He is currently Foundation Professor of Plant Conservation Biology at The University of Western Australia. He was Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 2006 to 2012.
1951Gyula Sax, Hungarian chess player (died 2014)[†]
Gyula Sax was a Hungarian chess grandmaster and international arbiter.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]