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J G Forrest wkly comment
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17-- Fordham threw a change of pace against Temple today, and completely dominated the Owls' eleven. Stressing the fundamental ground game just as much as they did the overhead phase of the gridiron sport, the Rams turned back the local outfit, 35 to 6.
The International Monetary Fund's decision to curb the sale of gold at premium prices by indirectly facilitating such transactions has been effective--so far.
THE well-known long arm of coincidence is reaching across the years and embracing a startling repeti tion at the Astor Theatre. Just thirty-eight years ago last April-- April 21, to be exact--there opened in this famous Broadway show-house the first motion picture to play there.
1951Pete Morelli, American businessman[†]
Pete Morelli is a retired American football official who worked in the National Football League (NFL) from 1997 to 2018. He wore uniform number 135.
1951Justin Raimondo, American journalist and author (died 2019)[†]
Justin Raimondo was an American author and the editorial director of Antiwar.com. He described himself as a "conservative-paleo-libertarian."
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]