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January 5, 1952

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Headlines from January 5, 1952

NEARLY 500 SEIZED IN NARCOTICS RAIDS ACROSS THE NATION; Arrests Here Pass 50 as U. S. Cracks Down on Peddlers Under Toughened Law TEEN-AGE TRADE IS TARGET Officials Hope to Cut Juvenile Addiction -- Big Racketeers to Face Indictment NEARLY 500 SEIZED IN NARCOTICS RAIDS

By Paul P. Kennedyspecial To the New York Times

US Govt raids trap nearly 500 suspected peddlers; partial summary of arrests by localities; Comr Anslinger says drive is aimed at 2d and 3d offenders selling to youth; pledges indictments against large-scale racketeers

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U. S. REJECTS MOVE BY SOVIET TO TAKE TRUCE TALKS TO U.N.; Cohen Says a Special Session of Security Council Would Disrupt Negotiations ACHESON RIDICULES PLAN Points to Previous Obstruction by Malik and Gromyko to Efforts to End Tensions U. S. Rejects Soviet Move in U. N. To Take Truce Talks to Council

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

plan attacked by B V Cohen (US) as harmful to Panmunjom talks; opposed by Brit and French; backed by Arab bloc; J Chauvel (France) asks Vishinsky whether plan means transfer of Panmunjom talks

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Notable Births

Uli Hoeneß

1952Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager[†]

Ulrich "Uli" Hoeneß is a German football executive and former professional player who played as a forward. He played for West Germany at one World Cup and two European Championships, winning one tournament of each competition. During his playing career, he was primarily associated with Bayern Munich, where he won three Bundesliga titles and three European Cups.

Notable Deaths

Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow

1952Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish colonel and politician, 46th Governor-General of India (born 1887)[†]

Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, was a British Unionist politician and statesman, agriculturalist, and colonial administrator. He served as Governor-General and Viceroy of India from 1936 to 1943. He also served as vice president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He was usually referred to as Lord Linlithgow, or simply Linlithgow.

Hristo Tatarchev

1952Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian-Italian physician and activist (born 1869)[†]

Hristo Tatarchev was a Macedonian Bulgarian doctor, revolutionary and one of the founders of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO). Tatarchev authored several political journalistic works between the First and Second World War.

Historical Context for January 5, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]