MIAMI, March 29 -- Eddie Stanky walked and scored in the first inning of today's Cardinals-Dodgers game and that run stood up all the way to give the Redbirds a 1-0 triumph and the Brooks their first shut-out defeat of the spring season.

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Truman Says No!

By Unknown Author

Two big questions have been dominating the 1952 political picture. They are:

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Notable Births

1952Stuart Dryburgh, English-New Zealand cinematographer^[†]

Stuart Dryburgh is an English-born New Zealand cinematographer.

1952Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach^[†]

Peter Knights is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After retiring as a player, he was appointed the inaugural coach of the Brisbane Bears and later returned to coach Hawthorn during the 1990s.

Notable Deaths

1952Nikos Beloyannis, Greek resistance leader and politician (born 1915)^[†]

Nikos Beloyannis was a Greek resistance leader and leading cadre of the Greek Communist Party.

1952Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (born 1905)^[†]

Jigme Wangchuck was King of Bhutan from 26 August 1926 until his death in 1952. He pursued legal and infrastructural reform during his reign. Bhutan continued to maintain almost complete isolation from the outside world during this period; its only foreign relations were with the British Raj in India, under which Bhutan was a protected state. He was succeeded by his son, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

Historical Context for March 30, 1952

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