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com, 21-16, defers vote on USSR plan; Chauvel and Lloyd charge USSR plan hampers talks; Vishinsky charges US wants to break up talks because it fears psychological let-down in rearmament program if talks succeed; says USSR plan would expedite accord
Mayor angered by Tammany stand; NY Commerce & Indus Assn and NY Auto Club reprs score proposals; Dr Gulick says Mgt Survey Com economies cannot be made in time to avoid '52-53 rises
Port Said canal workers again strike, over alleged insult by R Sagnier to union; Brit naval authorities consider operating canal if strike continues; union leaders rept strike will be effective only 1 hr daily; Suez Canal Co officials conf with canal zone Gov; reptdly assert co will not yield to strikers and will suspend operations if strike continues; crowds welcome arrival of 33 USSR trawlers and depot ship; USSR officers keep men aboard; 3 Copts repts killed in renewal of Moslem-Christian strife; Suez Coptic community protests killing and looting, petition to Farouk and Govt; armed civilians march in funeral parade of victim; Egyptians blame Brit for incidents; rept arrest of 5 alleged spies
Truman bars Minn primary name entry; he and Dem Natl Com ask Dem-Farmer-Labor party to run Humphrey as favorite son; Humphrey seen reluctant, B G Allen sees Truman still undecided
towline parts about 50 mi off Falmouth in heavy seas; Turmoil delays attempt to reconnect; mail for Carlsen piles up; he will get Danish decoration; French children harbored in Denmark during World War II send message; NJ Gov Driscoll message
1952Kaushik Basu, Indian economist and academic[†]
Kaushik Basu is an Indian economist who was Chief Economist of the World Bank from 2012 to 2016 and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India from 2009 to 2012. He is the C. Marks Professor of International Studies and Professor of Economics at Cornell University, and academic advisory board member of upcoming Plaksha University. He began a three-year term as President of the International Economic Association in June 2017. From 2009 to 2012, during the United Progressive Alliance's second term, Basu served as the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India. Basu is winner of the Humboldt Research Award 2021.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]