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foreman Mrs H L Mason and juror J A Fox dismissed; US Atty Lane summing-up; defense moves for mistrial; Costello found guilty on 10 contempt counts
N P Feinsinger sent to NYC by Steelman to revive talks; repts both sides agreeable; denies he has peace formula; refuses to comment on whether he has power to change WSB proposals; Repub Steel pledges to fight seizure; urges injunction use; Steelman conf with top Govt officials on strike effect on steel supply; NPA order freezing warehouse stocks and plan for supplying high priority users studied
Mayor Impellitteri warned the City Council yesterday that it would be held accountable by 115,000 city employes and their families for the loss of annual pay rises ranging up to $500 if it failed to enact his program of new city taxes.
recess; UN statement text; new moves seen; recent Ridgway visit to truce hdqrs cited
Eisenhower gets 14 delegates, Taft 9 at Iowa conv; Kan 2d Dist names 2 for Gen
1952Alfie Conn, Scottish international footballer[†]
Alfred James Conn is a Scottish former professional footballer, who was the first post-World War II player to play for both Old Firm rivals Rangers and Celtic.
1952John C. Dvorak, American author and editor[†]
John C. Dvorak is an American writer and broadcaster in the areas of technology and personal computing. He has been a columnist for multiple magazines since the 1980s and has written or co-authored over a dozen how-to books on software and technology. He was vice president of Mevio, and has been a host on TechTV and TWiT.tv. He is currently a co-host of the No Agenda podcast.
1952Sandy Mayer, American tennis player[†]
Alexander Mayer is a former tennis player from the United States. He won twelve titles in singles and twenty-four titles in doubles in his professional career, and was part of the winning tennis squad at Stanford University in 1973.
1952Dennis Mortimer, English footballer[†]
Dennis George Mortimer is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder and captained Aston Villa. He made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Coventry City, Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Birmingham City.
1952Mitch Pileggi, American actor[†]
Mitch Pileggi is an American actor. He played Horace Pinker in Shocker, Walter Skinner on The X-Files, Colonel Steven Caldwell on Stargate Atlantis, Ernest Darby in Sons of Anarchy, and Harris Ryland in the TNT revival of Dallas (2012–2014).
1952Agnes Morton, British tennis player (born 1872)[†]
Agnes Morton was a British female tennis player. She twice reached the Ladies Singles finals at the 1908 and 1909 Wimbledon Championships and claimed victory in 1914 in Ladies Doubles with partner Elizabeth Ryan. She placed fourth at the 1908 Summer Olympics in Ladies Lawn Tennis. In 1903, she was described by A. Wallis Myers as a 'careful, steady and improving player'.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]