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W Burchett, newsman with Communist forces, repts int with Dean 2 days ago; illus; gives Dean's acct of attempts to avoid capture
about 34 killed, at least 98 hurt by Xmas tree fire at needy children's party, Old Coliseum, Tijuana
C E Merrill gives Southhampton, LI, estate for summer school of advanced econ
USSR scientists repudiate alleged discovery of 'varitrons' on which observers thought weapons research was based
1951John D'Acquisto, American baseball player[†]
John Francis D'Acquisto is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played ten seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the cousin of former major league pitcher Lou Marone.
1951Libya becomes independent. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.[†]
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. With an area of almost 1.8 million km2 (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. The country claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat. The capital and largest city is Tripoli, located in the northwest and contains over a million of Libya's 7 million people.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]