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Western Union (WU) vp S M Barr held, NYC, on fugitive warrant for con-spiring against gambling laws; Asst Atty Gen Townsend charges Barr knew teletypes were sending racing data; J J Gorman held, Indianapolis, for disseminating data; 4 other WU workers and 3 bookies cited in conspiracy warrant; co comment
London reaction to talks failure to produce truce; some Labor party members hint Commonwealth should be represented on negotiating com; some of press questions US sincerity
PARIS, Nov. 16--Egypt offered today to submit the future status of the Sudan to a plebiscite conducted by the United Nations on the condition that the British, as well as the Egyptian, armed forces and officials be withdrawn from that territory during the vote.
5th Av Coach Co asks immediate 15¢ fare, Estimate Bd com; puts '51 operating loss at $240,000
Adenauer asks Const Ct to ban Communist and Socialist Reichs parties; brief cites charges against each; Govt to act at once against over 70 affiliates of both parties
1951Butch Davis, American football player and coach[†]
Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis Jr. is an American football coach. He was most recently the head football coach at Florida International University. After graduating from the University of Arkansas, he became an assistant college football coach at Oklahoma State University and the University of Miami before becoming the defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He was head coach of the University of Miami's Hurricanes football team from 1995 to 2000 and the NFL's Cleveland Browns from 2001 to 2004. Davis served as the head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Tar Heels football team from 2007 until the summer of 2011, when a series of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) investigations resulted in his dismissal. He was hired by the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an advisor in February 2012.
1951Werner Hoyer, German economist and politician[†]
Werner Hoyer is a German economist and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who served as President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) between 2012 and 2023.
1951Dean Paul Martin, American singer, actor, and pilot (died 1987)[†]
Dean Paul Martin Jr. was an American pop singer and film and television actor. A member of the California Air National Guard, Martin died in a crash during a military training flight. He was the son of entertainer Dean Martin.
1951Stephen Root, American actor[†]
Stephen Root is an American actor. He has starred as Jimmy James on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio (1995–1999), as Milton Waddams in the film Office Space (1999), and voiced Bill Dauterive and Buck Strickland on the animated series King of the Hill.
1951Jack Vettriano, Scottish painter and philanthropist (died 2025)[†]
Jack Vettriano was a Scottish painter, known for his distinctive figurative style, often depicting scenes of romance, mystery, and nostalgia. Largely self-taught, Vettriano gained international recognition with his 1992 painting The Singing Butler, which became one of the best-selling art prints in the UK.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]