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M Berger series on gambling and its control; legalization discussed; illus
ECA-State Dept dispute over control of aid held reason for dismissal or transfer of 9 US aides
Mrs F C Cosier is 41st to die of poisoning contracted in US Radium Corp plant
US to divert big share of supplies earmarked for Korea if armistice is reached; US State and Defense Depts at odds on non-Korean allocations, early '52; Truman reptdly insisted Eur get bigger share
USSR reptdly lengthens mil airfield runways for jet planes and extends port installations
1951Mike Bantom, American basketball player and coach[†]
Michael Allen Bantom is an American former professional basketball player.
1951Jim Brewer, American basketball player[†]
James Turner Brewer is an American former professional National Basketball Association (NBA) player.
1951Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer (died 1994)[†]
Ray Canty, better known by the ring name Ray Candy, was an American professional wrestler who worked for a variety of different wrestling promotions in the United States, Japan and Puerto Rico such as Jim Crockett Promotions, All Japan Pro Wrestling, World Wrestling Council and others. He also competed as Blackstud Williams, Super Mario Man, Commando Ray, Masked Superfly and Kareem Muhammad.
1951Rick Mears, American race car driver[†]
Richard Ravon Mears is an American former race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six. Mears is also a three-time Indycar series/World Series champion.
1951Mike Stock, English songwriter, record producer, and musician[†]
Michael Stock is an English songwriter, record producer, musician, and member of the songwriting and production trio Stock Aitken Waterman. He has been responsible for over a hundred top-40 hits in the UK, including 16 number ones and is recognised as one of the most successful songwriters of all time by the Guinness World Records. As part of Stock Aitken Waterman in the 1980s and 90s, he holds the UK record of 11 number one records with different acts. In the UK Singles Chart he has written 54 top-ten hits including 7 number ones.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]