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US Sen ratifies US-Australia-NZ poet by voice vote
Communists bring in maps failing to show airfields, railheads and docks; ask more time to fill in data; hold Sinanju cannot be used as entry port unless airstrips are built; UN hints rebuilding of certain airstrips might be approved but bars gen discussion of issue by staff officers
2 killed, 7 hurt as Queens-Nassau Transit Co bus and private car collide and run wild, Middle Village, Queens; illus; car driver held for criminal negligence
Truman says resignation is up to Gen
Legis passes stop-gap plan; program outlined
1952Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.[†]
Albert James "Alan" Freed was an American disc jockey. He also produced and promoted large traveling concerts with various acts, helping to spread the importance of rock and roll music throughout North America, including popularizing the term "rock and roll".
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]