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SS United States escorted into NY Port; illus; displays blue ribbon, no brooms; boarded by city, USCG and mil officials
G Sullivan charges anti-Kefauver conspiracy; accuses Kerr backer of bribery; urges radio-TV, press coverage of Conv and its coms, wire to Chmn McKinney; Prof W Johnson, Stevenson Com co-chmn announces hdqrs move; Barkley seen dark horse with Repr Roosevelt as VP; Harriman hdqrs opens; Roosevelt int on Harriman; bars VP; Sen E C Johnson confident on Russell; comments on Sullivan charges; Kerr denies charges; illus
RICHMOND, Va., Wednesday, July 16 -- Senator Harry Flood Byrd won nomination early today for his fourth six-year term in the Senate in Virginia's Democratic primary. The conservative foe of Federal spending piled up a commanding margin over Col. Francis Pickens Miller.
USAF maj repts speed of Navy Skyrocket flown by W Bridgeman exceeded 1,300 mph, Aug '51 test flight; altitude held to have exceeded 79,000 ft; speed disclosure made by error
Truman signs bill appropriating $6,031,947,750; scores cuts
1952Stewart Copeland, American drummer and songwriter[†]
Stewart Armstrong Copeland is an American musician and composer. He is best known as the drummer of the English rock band the Police. Before the Police, he played drums with the progressive rock band Curved Air (1975–76).
1952Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter[†]
Marc Esposito is a French film director and screenwriter. Esposito was first a journalist, critic and press manager. He created two movie magazines: Premiere with Jean-Pierre Frimbois in 1976, and Studio Magazine in 1987. His film Patrick Dewaere was screened out of competition at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. He directed the film Le Coeur des Hommes in 2003 and its two sequels. Since Mon Pote in 2010, Esposito is also a producer, with its company: Wayan Productions.
1952Ken McEwan, South African cricketer[†]
Kenneth Scott McEwan, is a South African-Scottish retired cricketer and businessman who played principally for Eastern Province and Essex.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]