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employers assn-AFL bldg trades council 3-yr pact sets 15¢-an-hr pay rise for Aug 1; details; table; workers pledge productivity rise; indus repr repts employment rise
Govt imposes compulsory loan by withdrawing 10% of all money in circulation in exch for 15-yr 4% savings bonds; all bank accts above £50 and banknotes above £1 Israeli affected; aim is to curb smuggling of currency abroad; new banknote issue linked; loan seen yielding £25 million; bill for compulsory loan on property owners pending
Brit effort to negotiate settlement seen; USSR troops and E Ger police reptd withdrawn from all enclaves at city's edge; GB wants USSR assurance on enclaves status before lifting radio station blockade; repts Brit officer detained 1 hr while visiting Eiskeller enclave; Reuter holds station blockade success; W Berlin agrees to daily ry freight payments
Gen Wedemeyer
1952Uzi Hitman, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)[†]
Uzi Hitman was an Israeli singer-songwriter, composer, actor, director and television personality.
1952Billy Knight, American basketball player[†]
William R. Knight is an American former professional basketball player and executive. Playing with the Indiana Pacers in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and later the National Basketball Association (NBA), he was both an ABA and NBA All-Star. He played college basketball with the Pittsburgh Panthers, who retired his No. 34.
1952Adolf Busch, German-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1891)[†]
Adolf Georg Wilhelm Busch was a German-Swiss violinist, conductor, and composer.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]