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Min Lechin says comm will complete rept within mo; Govt split seen; Lechin charges cos sabotage operations
ousted as Dem Natl Com man from NJ; comment
To be 3d Deputy Police Comr
rebels win reforms after 5-day mutiny; some non-rioting inmates call demands un-representative; Jackson County may bring charges against 2 rebel leaders; many guards agree on need for reforms; Williams comments on possible reprisals; anon guard recounts riot's start; rioters and released hostages illus
Truman says US arms to bar war; cites positive moves to thwart USSR; statement seen supporting those who back more positive policy
1952Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer[†]
Ketil Bjørnstad is a pianist, composer and author. Initially trained as a classical pianist, Bjørnstad discovered jazz at an early age and has embraced the emergence of "European jazz".
1952Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak MP is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. He was inducted into the inaugural class of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame in 1997. Considered to be one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of the sport, he was voted one of six players to the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team in a poll conducted by a group of 56 experts from 16 countries. Tretiak is the current president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia and was the general manager of the Russian 2010 Winter Olympic team.
1952Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach[†]
Jacques Jean Claude Santini is a French former professional footballer and manager. He played for Saint-Étienne during the 1970s, and reached the European Cup final with them in 1976. He has coached the France national team - winning the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup and reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2004 - and clubs including Lyon.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]