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MSA sponsors conf, Washington, to acquaint US foreign-language groups with program; Asst Dirs Decker and Cleveland question conditioning aid
Communists reject plan; see attempt to bar USSR without 'tenable' reasons; entry ports and inspection discussed; no progress
Eight thousand drivers and mechanics on the city's privately owned bus lines will get a cost-of-living wage increase of 6 cents an hour today.
Speaker Rayburn bars televising of Detroit sessions; Com members wrangle over issue; Repr Jackson charges pol; others link ban to Potter opportunity to profit by TV in '52 election campaign; R F O'Hair testifies on role in Communist party (CP) as FBI undercover agent; on infiltration in labor groups
Deputies dissolved effective day permanent Council functions
1952Theodoros Pangalos, Greek general and politician, President of Greece (born 1878)[†]
Theodoros Pangalos was a Greek general, politician and dictator. A distinguished staff officer and an ardent Venizelist and anti-royalist, Pangalos played a leading role in the September 1922 revolt that deposed King Constantine I and in the establishment of the Second Hellenic Republic. In June 1925 Pangalos staged a bloodless coup d'état, and his assumption of power was recognized by the National Assembly which named him prime minister. As a "constitutional dictator" he ruled the country until his overthrow in August 1926. From April 1926 until his deposition, he also occupied the office of President of the Republic.
1952Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.[†]
Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada to be born in Canada.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]