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Clark visits UN hdqrs, NYC; illus with Sec Gen Lie and Amb Austin; flies to Washington; leaves for Tokyo; hon
Nunan appears before subcom; refuses to answer questions on finances; claims Const protection; plea to be excused from inquiry denied; sees attempt to try him on charges based on innuendo; admits that, as Bur Comr, he often demanded pol endorsements for appointees, citing Dem endorsements for Olson and C Mealey; admits knowing F Costello; does not recall that NYS Dem Chmn Fitzpatrick urged liquor license be granted J Prokass, Costello assoc; balks at question on J Applebaum permit
Kubic, Gail: wins Pulitzer Prize for Symphony Concertante
H Bistany wanted for '51 robbery of Brevoort PO branch, Bklyn
Controller Joseph bars rise; McCarthy agrees
1952Chiaki Mukai, Japanese physician and astronaut[†]
Chiaki Mukai is a Japanese physician and JAXA astronaut. She was the first Japanese woman in space, the first Japanese citizen to have two spaceflights, and the first Asian woman in space. Both were Space Shuttle missions; her first was STS-65 aboard Space Shuttle Columbia in July 1994, which was a Spacelab mission. Her second spaceflight was STS-95 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1998. In total she has spent 23 days in space.
1952Gerrit Zalm, Dutch economist and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands[†]
Gerrit Zalm is a retired Dutch politician of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) and businessman.
1952Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (born 1870)[†]
Maria Tecla Artemisia Montessori was an Italian physician and educator best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. At an early age, Montessori enrolled in classes at an all-boys technical school, with hopes of becoming an engineer. She soon had a change of heart and began medical school at the Sapienza University of Rome, becoming one of the first women to attend medical school in Italy; she graduated with honors in 1896. Her educational method is in use globally in many public and private schools.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]