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Sen O'Mahoney amendment to funds bill sets rules to bar gifts and favoritism in contract awards
Repubs in NYC confirm Krock rept of Truman offer and Dem previous overtures; Eisenhower assurances to Duff seen; possibility Dewey may have spoken to him noted
GB, France, Turkey and US inform Arab world and Israel of final decision to form defense orgn; do not ask Arab states or Israel to join; Egyptian UN reprs strive to align Arabs against pact; Saudi Arabia seen only Arab nation to give strong support to Egypt
Amb Jessup challenges USSR to study disarmament now, int; opposes world conf; sees atomic control biggest barrier
Vice Premier Mayer tells Assembly of need for sharp cut in '52 imports to end drain on dollar reserves; EPU Oct rept to show new $160-million deficit
1951John Williamson, American basketball player (died 1996)[†]
John Lee Williamson was an American basketball player. He helped the New York Nets win two league championships in the American Basketball Association (ABA) in the 1970s.
1951With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.[†]
The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean. This group is historically known as World Numbering Zone 1 and has the country code 1. Some North American countries, most notably Mexico, do not participate in the NANP.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]