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reaction of UN officials in NYC; US State Dept silent; Amb Austin and Sec Gen Lie express hopes for truce success 1 hr before talks break; S Korean reprs in US relieved at break; Pres Truman and Sec Acheson informed; Cong supports 'frame-up' idea; US officials see USSR dictation
TOKYO, Thursday, Aug.23-- Communist delegates called off today the Korean truce talks "from now on." with the last in a series of recent charges that United Nations forces had violated the neutrality of the demilitarized zone around the conference city of Kaesong.
OPS conf with packers and slaughterers; sees retail beef prices up, fall, to equalize drops in slaughter by-products; freight rate cuts planned; Defense Production Act blamed for price rises; Pres Truman seen seeking restoration of slaughter quotas
US officials see possible 2-day extension of conf as result of USSR role; night sessions planned; Acheson repts on nations attending; clarifies US stand on MacArthur; Sen Robertson protests sending 9 Sen Foreign Relations Com members to conf; Sen Watkins protests pact clause requiring Japan to give up Kuriles, S Sakhalin and adjacent islands; India may accept conf bid; Nehru, Cabinet and Amb Pandit conf; Maj Gen Whitney says MacArthur would accept formal inv
1951Mark Hudson, American record producer and musician[†]
Mark Jeffery Anthony Hudson is an American musician, record producer and songwriter based in both Los Angeles and New York City. After first rising to prominence as a performer, songwriter and TV personality in the 1970s as a member of the Hudson Brothers trio, Hudson achieved independent success as record producer and songwriter, working with a broad variety of artists including Cher, Ringo Starr, Aerosmith, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne, Hanson, Harry Nilsson, and the Baha Men.
1951Jimi Jamison, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014)[†]
Jimmy Wayne Jamison was an American singer. Best known as Jimi Jamison, he earned recognition as the frontman for the rock bands Target, Cobra, and Survivor from 1984 to 1988, performing the songs "Burning Heart" from the film Rocky IV, "The Moment of Truth" from The Karate Kid, along with other top-20 Survivor hits "I Can't Hold Back", "High On You", "The Search Is Over" and "Is This Love". He officially rejoined Survivor in 2000, remaining in the group until 2006, and rejoined again in 2011. Acclaimed for his vocal abilities, Jamison is also known for having co-written and performed the theme song "I'm Always Here" for the 1990s TV series Baywatch.
1951Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen cleric and politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic (died 2004)[†]
Akhmat-Khadzhi Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov was a Chechen politician and revolutionary who served as Chief Mufti of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in the 1990s during and after the First Chechen War. At the outbreak of the Second Chechen War he switched sides, offering his service to the Russian government, and later became the President of the Chechen Republic from 5 October 2003, having acted as head of administration since July 2000.
1951Queen Noor of Jordan[†]
Noor Al Hussein is an American-born Jordanian philanthropist and activist who was the fourth wife and widow of King Hussein of Jordan. She was Queen of Jordan from their marriage on June 15, 1978, until Hussein's death on February 7, 1999.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]