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Dist Atty McDonald charges 'high pressure' charities promotion racket takes $350,000 a yr from pub, NYC, lr to C E Keegan; repts agencies, soliciting for worthy charities, charge 40-50% of collections as fees; urges legis; Keegan pledges to act
Gen Assembly and Internatl Cong; Dr I Fankuchen apptd US delegate
Truman s, Tullahoma, Tenn, scores domestic critics without mentioning names; illus; charges they want US to play Russian roulette with US foreign policy; scores smear campaign; sees 'go it alone' policy playing into USSR hands; defends Bradley, Cs/S and Acheson; scores charge that US policy is based on fear and timidity
Communist China official press does not make seat prerequisite to cease-fire talks
TOKYO, Tuesday, June 26--The Korean war entered its second year yesterday with patrols locked in combat along the western and central fronts and the enemy's Soviet-built jet fighters again attempting to challenge United Nations air superiority below the ...
1951Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (died 2014)[†]
Gary John Gilmour was an Australian cricketer who played in 15 test matches and five One Day Internationals (ODIs) between 1973 and 1977. He was a part of the Australian squad that finished as runners-up at the 1975 Cricket World Cup.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]