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USAF to take over RAF base, Cyprus; as part of security plan; will enlarge airfield to handle B-36 bombers; maps
Bronx Pk Community School Dist, 1st project of its kind, set up; covers 11 schools; Jansen on operations; sees enforcement problem still unsolved
Details of ex-pres G R White's secret will bequeathing $30 million to charity from profits revealed; beneficiaries
Sen Taft calls corruption probe under McGrath farce; radio s; urges ind agency to make probe; Sen Ferguson and Keating urge Cong caution on Truman request; urge subpoena power be conditional on records availability to Cong coms
Prime Min Churchill repts 1st Brit bomb will be tested in Australia, '52
1952Randy Crawford, American jazz and R&B singer[†]
Veronica "Randy" Crawford is an American retired jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist. However, she has appeared on the Hot 100 singles chart twice. The first time was in 1979 as a guest vocalist on the Crusaders' top-40 hit "Street Life". She also dueted with Rick Springfield on the song "Taxi Dancing", which hit number 59 as the B-side of Springfield's hit "Bop Til You Drop". She has had five top-20 hits in the UK, including her 1980 number-two hit, "One Day I'll Fly Away", as well as six UK top-10 albums. Despite her American nationality, she won Best British Female Solo Artist in recognition of her popularity in the UK at the 1982 Brit Awards. In the late 2000s, she received her first two Grammy Award nominations.
1952Maurice Lucas, American basketball player (died 2010)[†]
Maurice "Luke" Lucas was an American professional basketball player who played in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a four-time NBA All-Star and won an NBA championship with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1977. He was named to the ABA All-Time Team.
1952Juice Newton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Juice Newton is an American pop and country singer, songwriter, and musician. Newton has received five Grammy Award nominations in the Pop and Country Best Female Vocalist categories – winning once in 1983 – as well as an ACM Award for Top New Female Artist and two consecutive Billboard Female Album Artist of the Year awards. Newton's other awards include a People's Choice Award for "Best Female Vocalist" and the Australian Music Media's "Number One International Country Artist".
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]