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MP A Bevan scores US grabbing, Brit Commons
Pres Truman calls McCarthy pathological character assassin; McCarthy comments
8 teachers, who refused to answer queries on Communist party membership, suspended without pay; all are Teachers Union execs or members; Jansen comments; their professional records cited; Union repr Mrs Russell calls move witch hunt; accused C Graze comments
RC St Francis Hosp, Poughkeepsie, NY, demands 7 drs either quit Planned Parenthood Fed Dutchess County League or hosp staff; League med dir Dr Meyer protests summary request; Rev M P O'Shea backs hosp; cites Ch opposition to birth control; hosp admr Sister Anne Roberta issues statement; Prot and Jewish clerics protest action
Truman tours Ohio Valley flood areas by plane; illus; hails control protects set up since '37; Marietta still inundated; Ohio River crests, Portsmouth; Army engineers put damage in Pittsburgh dist at $12.5 million, in Huntington dist at $4-5 million; RFC classes Valley as disaster area; ready to accept relief applications
1952Owoye Andrew Azazi, Nigerian general (died 2012)[†]
Owoye Andrew Azazi GSS DSS MSS CMH was a Nigerian army general who served as National Security Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, was Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of Nigeria, and Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Before his first service chief appointment (COAS), he was General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Kaduna State.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]