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February 29, 1952

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TRUCE STAFF TALKS ON PRISONERS END; Conferees Agree on All but 2 Items, Voluntary Repatriation and an Exchange of Data

By Lindesay Parrott

agree to repatriate civilian foreign natls during truce; reach accord on all but 2 points; refer disputed points to subcom; UN seeks data on some 50,000 reptdly enrolled in NK Army or settled in NK; Communists seek data on 44,000 once classified as POWs, currently classed as interned civilians; UN offers to exch lists; Communists hedge; again protest Koje Is riots; reject UN explanation; hold reclassification of POWs illegal; staff officers end sessions; subcom meets; NK pub charges UN killed 17,000 Communist POWs last yr; seen attacking voluntary repatriation plan

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Notable Births

Tim Powers

1952Tim Powers, American author and educator[†]

Timothy Thomas Powers is an American science fiction and fantasy author. His first major novel was The Drawing of the Dark (1979), but the novel that earned him wide praise was The Anubis Gates (1983), which won the Philip K. Dick Award, and has since been published in many other languages. His other written work include Dinner at Deviant's Palace (1985), Last Call (1992), Expiration Date (1996), Earthquake Weather (1997), Declare (2000), and Three Days to Never (2006). Powers has won the World Fantasy Award twice for his critically acclaimed novels Last Call and Declare. His 1987 novel On Stranger Tides served as inspiration for the Monkey Island franchise of video games and was partly adapted into the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film.

Raisa Smetanina

1952Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier[†]

Raisa Petrovna Smetanina is a Komi cross-country skiing champion, representing the Soviet Union and later the Unified Team at the Winter Olympic games. She is the first woman in history to win ten Winter Olympic medals.

Bart Stupak

1952Bart Stupak, American police officer and politician[†]

Bartholomew Thomas Stupak is an American politician and lobbyist. A member of the Democratic Party, Stupak served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 2011.

Notable Deaths

Sarah Ann Jenyns

1952Sarah Ann Jenyns, Australian entrepreneur (born 1865)[†]

Sarah Ann Jenyns (1865–1952) founded the Jenyns Patent Corset Pty Co with her husband Ebenezer Randolphus Jenyns (1865–1958) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia in 1909. The business manufactured surgical instruments and pioneered surgical and aesthetic corsets for women, becoming one of the leading undergarment companies in the country and survived for more than 50 years.

Historical Context for February 29, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]