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December 14, 1951

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OLIPHANT PROVIDED GRUNEWALD DATA; Former Official Testifies He Gave Friend Information on Teitelbaum Tax Case OLIPHANT PROVIDED GRUNEWALD DATA Luncheon With Grunewald Secrecy Request Mentioned Questioned on Grunewald Voice Naster Again Testifies

By Paul P. Kennedy Special To the New York Times

Oliphant testifies; denies knowledge of, or membership in, 'clique'; admits he gave Grunewald data on tax cases, including Teitelbaum's, in role of private investigator; testifies on meeting him through Schoeneman; gives version of Teitelbaum case incident mentioned by Schwartz; cites case mention at luncheon with Grunewald; testifies on Grunewald Dec 4,6 visits and request for secrecy on talk about case; says Grunewald seemed in good health; questioned on Grunewald accent; testifies on conf with Grunewald about M Helprin, H H Klein tax cases; on placing persons in his dept on Grunewald request; denies knowledge of Grunewald '23 tax trouble and discharge from Treas Dept; denies laxity in Kolker case; links Repr Morrison to delay; cites Xmas gifts from Morrison; testifies on plane trips with P Davis, E W Pauley, asserting he did not know of their tax troubles at time; Repr Byrnes scores him for divulging tax data; Naster testifies; says he 1st knew of shakedown story from Nathan in July; testifies on attempt to retain L Rover as atty; E R Campbell testifies on lack of prosecution in Kolker case; E Daly tells press Naster plans libel suit against Teitelbaum

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QUILL UNION WINS REVERSAL OF ORDER BARRING BUS STRIKE; U. S. Court of Appeals Holds Kaufman Injunction Violates Norris-La Guardia Act 3D AVE. ACTION IS AWAITED Hope Is Voiced That Company Will Join Kheel Hearings, but Trustees Are Cool to Idea Court Instructions Awaited Company Contentions Rejected BAN ON BUS STRIKE VOIDED ON APPEAL Warning Issued by Union

By A. H. Raskin

US Appeals Ct reverses 3d Av Transit Corp no-strike order; says it violates Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act; co hints at filing unfair labor practice charges if TWU renews strike threat; again refuses to join Kheel hearings; Quill and Guinan comment

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Notable Births

John Brown (basketball, born 1951)

1951John Brown, American basketball player[โ€ ]

John Young Brown is an American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A forward, he played college basketball for the Missouri Tigers. He was a graduate of Dixon High School in Dixon, Missouri. Brown was selected for the 1972 Olympic team, but due to injury did not compete in the games.

Jan Timman

1951Jan Timman, Dutch chess player and author[โ€ ]

Jan Timman is a Dutch chess grandmaster who was one of the world's leading chess players from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. At the peak of his career, he was considered to be the best non-Soviet player and was known as "The Best of the West". He has won the Dutch Chess Championship nine times and has been a Candidate for the World Chess Championship several times. He lost the title match of the 1993 FIDE World Championship against Anatoly Karpov.

Historical Context for December 14, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[โ€ ]