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PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8--Mel Parnell limited the Athletics to four hits today as the Red Sox scored a 6-1 victory to stay within reach of the American League pacemakers. .
com approves 11% rise in personal tax as against House-approved 12 1/2%; sets Nov 1 as effective, Dec '53 as terminal dates; raises normal corp tax 2% as against House 5%; raises surtaxes 3%; shifts effective date from Jan 1 to Apr 1; reaffirms other earlier actions; table comparing House bill
Nehru elected Cong party pres, 291-4; has key role in naming candidates for natl election; purge of all anti-Nehru elements from prov mins seen; Nehru acceptance s; Tandon explains resignation
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 8--The Indians moved back within 2 percentage points of the league-leading Yan kees tonight by beating the Browns, 6 to 3.
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1951Alexander Downer, Australian economist and politician, 34th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Australia[†]
Alexander John Gosse Downer is an Australian former politician and diplomat who was leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 1995, Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2018.
1951Tom Wopat, American actor and singer[†]
Thomas Steven Wopat is an American actor and singer. He first achieved fame as Lucas K. "Luke" Duke on the long-running television action/comedy series The Dukes of Hazzard. Since then, Wopat has worked regularly, most often on the stage in musicals and in supporting television and movie roles. He was a semi-regular recurring character on the 1990s comedy series Cybill, and he had a small role as U.S. Marshal Gil Tatum in Django Unchained (2012). Wopat also has a recurring role as Sheriff Jim Wilkins on the television series Longmire. Additionally, Wopat has recorded several albums of country songs and pop standards, scoring a series of moderately successful singles in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]