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Franco says rearmament is major policy aim
confusion reigns in House as amendments are passed under 30-second debate, no debate rule
Conditions at UN refugee camp near Seoul seen as blot on UN record; described; 7-8 deaths reptd daily; aid solicited
Mo crest isolates St Charles; causes Mississippi to rise; 1 Mo bridge open; workers try to save New Haven business dist; illus; Chouteau Is area and Chouteau-Naemoki-Venice sec levees threatened; St Louis guards against contaminated water; some 6,000 evacuated, lower dists; ARC repts 180,000 displaced in 4 states; Santa Fe ready to resume service; Munic Airport, Mo, to reopen
Communist Mil Control Comm seizes Shanghai properties of Standard Vacuum, Caltex and Chinese-Amer Oil Co; Govt to pay for oil stocks; offices exempt from seizure; Chinese-Amer co mgr says no US oil reached Shanghai since '49
1951Richard Gozney, English politician and diplomat, 30th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, 139th Governor of Bermuda[†]
Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney is a British career diplomat who served as governor and commander in chief of Bermuda from 2007 to 2012, and as the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 2016 to 2021.
1951Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (died 2014)[†]
Robin McLaurin Williams was an American actor and comedian. Known for his improvisational skills and the wide variety of characters he created spontaneously and portrayed in drama and comedy films, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of all time. Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and six Golden Globe Awards, as well as five Grammy Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.
1951Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 disappears while flying from Vancouver to Tokyo. The aircraft and its 37 occupants are never found.[†]
The crash of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 3505 occurred on 21 July 1951 when a Douglas DC-4 four-engined piston airliner registered CF-CPC of Canadian Pacific Air Lines disappeared on a scheduled flight for the United Nations from Vancouver, Canada, to Tokyo, Japan. Neither the aircraft nor the 31 passengers and six crew have been found. The incident marked the first aircraft loss during the Korean Airlift.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]