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Saratoga jury indicts G E King, operator of alleged gambling casino
26th session; Communists accept Joy proposal for 4-man subcom; main sessions deferred during subcom talks; Maj Gen Hodes is Allied repr; Maj Gen Lee Sang Cho and Gen Hsieh Fang Communist reprs
Sen Banking com Dem majority bars Repub minority (Capehart and Bricker) rept on probe; Fulbright charges original minority rept approved by com was rewritten and now contains vicious irrelevant data; Capehart says rept will be pub regardless of com action; com asks Admr Symington to rept any data in RFC files indicating influence by W M Boyle Jr or G G Gabrielson; Symington says files show Boyle was employed by Amer Lithofold, but not linked to loan; repts on his adm's reforms; lauded by com; urges Cong reject pending abolition legis
Deputy Premier Fatemi repts Mossadegh rejected Stokes proposals as not conforming with formula for talks agreed on by Harriman; Stokes denies rept; repts accord with Mossadegh on procedure; Iranian delegates state opposition to Stokes proposals; proposals outlined; Min Kazemi asks GB to withdraw Consul Gen Capper for derogatory statements about Iranian officials; Harriman urges talks continuation
Admiral Joy's proposal for a joint subcommittee to consider the dispute over a Korea truce line was accepted Thursday by the Communists at Kaesong. [1:8.] Heavy patrol fighting for high ground below Kumsong and ...
1951Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian businessman and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (died 2010)[†]
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]