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Grand Mufti reptdly barred as move to cut effectiveness of Moslem extremists
Testifies, Sen Internal Security subcom
Cabinet in emergency session on fiscal crisis; gets Assembly to approve special law authorizing Bank of France to advance 25 billion francs; Bank pres W Baumgartner regrets move, lr to Faure
Westchester SPCC Dir Bennett charges J Gaj with running boarding home without license and neglecting 37 children of Eur DPs he helped enter US; Judge Smyth asks Dist Atty probe case; adjourns trial; Gaj denies quilt; agrees to aid tracing of 75-100 children recently in home; his atty asserts Gaj unwittingly violated Soc Welfare Law and took children only when agencies refused aid; Bennett repts some children are transferred to RC homes and private boarding homes
'Walk' and 'Don't Walk' neon signs installed, 44th St and Bway; illus; described; pedestrian islands set up
1952Dave Barr, Canadian golfer[â ]
David Allen Barr is a Canadian professional golfer who has played on the Canadian Tour, PGA Tour and Champions Tour.
1952Nevada Barr, American actress and author[â ]
Nevada Barr is an American author of mystery fiction. She is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States.
1952Janice Burgess, American television executive, screenwriter, and producer (died 2024)[â ]
Janice Burgess was an American television executive, screenwriter and producer for Nickelodeon. She created the Nick Jr. series The Backyardigans and worked as a writer and story editor for Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club. Both shows were produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Burgess joined Nickelodeon in 1995 as executive-in-charge of production.
1952Leigh Matthews, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster[â ]
Leigh Raymond Matthews is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and coached Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions in the VFL and renamed Australian Football League (AFL). Leigh has credited Robert Korda, his closest friend and mentor to guiding him to 3 premierships with the Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003.
1952Jerri Nielsen, American physician and explorer (died 2009)[â ]
Jerri Lin Nielsen was an American physician with extensive emergency room experience, who self-treated her breast cancer while stationed at AmundsenâScott South Pole Station in Antarctica until she could be safely evacuated.
1952Martin O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and manager[â ]
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. After a brief early career in the Irish League, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham Forest. He won the First Division title in 1977â78 and the European Cup twice, in 1979 and 1980. He was capped 64 times for the Northern Ireland national football team, also captaining the side at the 1982 World Cup.
1952Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach[â ]
Brian Joseph Winters is an American former basketball player and coach.
1952Mariano Azuela, Mexican physician and author (born 1873)[â ]
Mariano Azuela GonzĂĄlez was a Mexican writer and medical doctor, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism. He is the first of the "novelists of the Revolution," and he influenced other Mexican novelists of social protest.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[â ]