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January 6, 1952

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Headlines from January 6, 1952

WILT'S 8:59.5 SETS FLAT-TRACK RECORD FOR TWO-MILE RACE; F. B. I. Man Reels Off Fastest Time Ever as Ashenfelter Trails by 120 Yards

By Joseph M. Sheehan

Columbus Council K of C; Wilt wins 2-mi; sets record

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Potato Ceilings Cut Prices 5-10%; DiSalle Sees Savings in Millions; CEILING ORDER CUTS POTATO PRICES 5-10%

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

wholesale prices cut 5-10%; Repr-elect McIntire sees curbs causing retail rises; DiSalle cites OPS aims; protests cited

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Liquor Aide Beaten; Anastasia Is Seized; S. L. A. AIDE BEATEN, ANASTASIA IS HELD

By Unknown Author

SLA repr D S Cushman assaulted by unidentified man while trying to serve subpoena on A Anastasia or his wife; Anastasia held; subpoena directed Anastasia or Mrs Anastasia to produce records of store owned by her

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A MONUMENT TO THE AMERICAN SPIRIT; Van Wyck Brooks' Fifth Volume Recreates A Generation of Vigor, Vitality and Variety

By Henry Steele Commager

Brooks, V: The Confident Years, 1885-1915

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WEST TO SUPPORT U. N. COUNCIL TALKS ON WORLD TENSION; But U. S. and Allies Insist That Security Body Itself Decide Date of Special Meeting

By Thomas J. Hamilton

11 members of Collective Measures Com including Western Big 3 agree to back special meeting of Security Council on condition that Council itself decide when it should meet; would make no ref to Korean truce as 1st item on agenda

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Historical Context for January 6, 1952

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