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will act as soon as Sup Ct hands down mandate; Ct curbs defense atty H Sacher efforts to delay surrender
Wonsan; hit truck convoy, destroying 25
Pub statement on Iranian oil crisis
exports to USSR bloc cut off by controls; lowered prices lead US to resume buying
Kirk conf with Deputy Min Gromyko, Moscow; USSR backs truce talks by mil comdrs; reptdly holds Chinese have no official role in war or that USSR has no influence over Chinese; reptdly says it cannot speak for Peiping regime; says truce talks could be ltd to mil issues; does not rule out Peiping role in mil talks; questions reptdly put to Gromyko listed; Rusk conf with UN Allies; com issues statement; text; repts studying Malik bid; sees need for clarification; repts readiness for peace
1951Mick Cronin, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]
Michael William Cronin is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He was a goal-kicking centre for the Australian national team and a stalwart for the Parramatta Eels club. He played in 22 Tests and 11 World Cup matches between 1973 and 1982. Cronin retired as the NSWRL Premiership's and the Australian Kangaroos' all-time highest point-scorer and has since been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.
1951Mark Shand, English conservationist and author (died 2014)[†]
Mark Roland Shand was an English travel writer and conservationist, as well as the brother of Queen Camilla. Shand was the author of four travel books and as a BBC conservationist, appeared in documentaries related to his journeys, most of which centered on the survival of elephants. His book Travels on My Elephant became a bestseller and won the Travel Writer of the Year Award at the British Book Awards in 1992. He was the chairman of Elephant Family, a wildlife foundation, which he co-founded in 2002.
1951Lalla Ward, English actress and author[†]
Sarah Jill "Lalla" Ward is an English actress, voice artist and author who is best known for playing the role of Romana II in the BBC television series Doctor Who from 1979 to 1981.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]