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June 21, 1952

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Headlines from June 21, 1952

Lattimore Is Ordered Barred From Leaving the Country; 'Nonsense,' Professor Says of State Department 'Tip' He Plans Soviet Visit

By Walter H. Waggoner

repts it issued order June 3 barring him from leaving US on basis of 'allegation' from 'official source' that he planned to visit USSR bloc; says he has not applied for passport; M J McDermott calls ban 'precaution' against his leaving US illegally; Lattimore says allegation is 'nonsense'; says he has no travel plans; Johns Hopkins Univ repr says Lattimore asked leave of absence to teach abroad; Lattimore says he dropped plan

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DEADLINE IS TODAY IN AUTO STAMP SALE; Delinquent Motorists to Face Heavy Penalties -- Payment of Liquor Tax Due Wednesday

By Charles G. Bennett

stamp sales rept; Young comments; revs enforcement plan; issues rules for new liquor license tax

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U. S. URGES COUNCIL TO ASK RED CROSS TO SIFT GERM ISSUE; Gross Presses U. N. Inquiry in Korea and China That Communists Rejected

By Thomas J. Hamilton

Gross offers resolution demanding Internatl Red Cross (IRC) probe charges, Korea and China; Malik bars reading of resolution; USSR veto seen; Gross says USSR raises issue of Geneva protocol on germ war as part of Communist propaganda campaign

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HOUSE VOTES TO END MOST PRICE CURBS, REPLACE PAY BOARD; Revisions Riddle Controls Bill -- Subject to Roll-Calls but Are Expected to Stand

By John D. Morris

House, 176-73, adopts Lucas amendment to Defense Production Act reconstituting WSB and ending its disputes power

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KOREA FOE IS TOLD RUSSIANS PLEDGED CHOICE TO CAPTIVES; Idea of Voluntary Repatriation Put Forth by Soviet in World War II, Allies Declare

By the United Press

talks resume; UN informs Communists that USSR introduced principle of voluntary repatriation during World War II; startles Communist team by citing USSR surrender appeals to Ger troops Jan 8 '43 and during siege of Budapest; cites '51 pub of USSR Law Inst lauding USSR offer as act of highest humanitarianism; cites Nam condemnation of any nation backing voluntary repatriation; calls Communist stand ludicrous

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Notable Births

1952Judith Bingham, English singer-songwriter^[†]

Judith Bingham is an English composer and mezzo-soprano singer. She was a member of the BBC Singers from 1983 to 1995. She is a Fellow of the Royal Northern College of Music. Bingham won the 1977 BBC Young Composer Award, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2020 for services to music.

1952Jeremy Coney, New Zealand cricketer and sportscaster^[†]

Jeremy Vernon Coney is a former New Zealand cricketer and current cricket commentator. An all-rounder, between 1974 and 1987 he played 52 Test matches and 88 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for New Zealand, of which he was captain in 15 Tests and 25 ODIs.

1952Patrick Dunleavy, English political scientist and academic^[†]

Patrick John Dunleavy, is Emeritus Professor of Political Science and Public Policy within the Government Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He was also Co-Director of the Democratic Audit and the Chair of the LSE Public Policy Group. In addition Dunleavy is an ANZSOG Institute for Governance Centenary Chair at the University of Canberra, Australia.

1952Kōichi Mashimo, Japanese director and screenwriter^[†]

Kōichi Mashimo is a Japanese former anime director and the founder of the animation studio Bee Train. Since the creation of the studio, Mashimo directed or otherwise participated in a large number of the studio's works, for example, as a member of the art or sound department.

1952Ginny Ruffner, American artist^[†]

Ginny Carol Ruffner was an American glass artist based in Seattle, Washington. She is known for her use of the lampworking technique and for her use of borosilicate glass in her painted glass sculptures.

Notable Deaths

1952Wop May, Canadian captain and pilot (born 1896)^[†]

Wilfrid Reid "Wop" May, was a Canadian flying ace in the First World War and a leading post-war aviator. He was the final Allied pilot to be pursued by Manfred von Richthofen before the German ace was shot down on the Western Front in 1918. After the war, May returned to Canada, pioneering the role of a bush pilot while working for Canadian Airways in Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Historical Events

1952The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.^[†]

The Polytechnic University of the Philippines is a public, coeducational, research university in the Philippines with main campus in Santa Mesa, Manila. It was founded on 19 October 1904, as the Manila Business School (MBS) and as part of Manila's public school system. It was eventually promoted to a chartered state university in 1978, by virtue of Presidential Decree 1341. PUP has more than 20 campuses across Central Luzon, Southern Luzon and Metro Manila. With over 80,000 enrolled students in all campuses, PUP claims to be the largest state university in the Philippines by student population.

Historical Context for June 21, 1952

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