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US pact talks collapse; US pessimistic; use of troops outside nation was basic issue; pact failure seen Communist victory; secret pacts denied
12 Asian and African nations hold strategy conf, NYC, to set joint protest to Security Council against French rule; Pakistan Council repr Prof Bokhari to present case; may base plea on dispute as threat to internatl peace; Resident Gen Hauteclocque due back from Paris with new instructions
Denies personal hatred of Pres Truman as implied in headlines of Newsweek (pub) article; statement text
Sutton offers to sell life story to highest bidder, using proceeds to bar youngsters from criminal careers
1952Bill Frist, American physician and politician[†]
William Harrison Frist is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate Majority Leader from 2003 to 2007. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Frist studied government and health care policy at Princeton University and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, and later founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. In the 1994 United States Senate election in Tennessee, he defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Jim Sasser.
1952Joaquim Pina Moura, Portuguese Minister of Economy and Treasury and MP (died 2020)[†]
Joaquim Pina Moura was a Portuguese politician and economist. He was a member of the Socialist Party.
1952Saufatu Sopoanga, Tuvaluan politician, 8th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (died 2020)[†]
Saufatu Sopoanga was a Tuvaluan politician who served as the eighth prime minister of Tuvalu from 2 August 2002 to 27 August 2004. He drew international attention for his speeches warning about the effects of the rising sea level on Tuvalu and other low-lying island countries.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]