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Churchill says Govt extends program over 4 yrs to ease econ crisis; Bevan attacks Gaitskell views
Communist staff group asks change in accord on internatl conf after cease-fire; asks high-level conf within 3 mos after truce 'becomes effective' instead of 90 days after signing of armistice in field; delay seen; Van Fleet sees 'less chance of armistice than ever before,'
Eisenhower bars over-confidence; to rely on regular party orgns; Lodge arrives for confs; participants noted; Eisenhower bars role in state primaries; Repr Sittler visits him; Vandenberg comments on confs
NY co ex-exec testifies he helped gambler H Gross get priority for hundreds of phones, '42-45
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., July 30 -- At precisely 2:43 New York time this afternoon Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois buried "Reluctant Adlai, the Humble Candidate," under an ash tree on the east lawn of the Governor's Mansion.
1952Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player[†]
Christopher Alfred Ahrens is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars, and four games in the WHA with the Edmonton Oilers.
1952Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California[†]
Carlos Alan Autry Jr. is an American actor, politician, and former football player. During his brief career in the National Football League, he played as a quarterback and was known as Carlos Brown.
1952Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Helmuts Balderis-Sildedzis is a former Soviet and Latvian professional ice hockey player. He played on the right wing and participated at the 1980 Winter Olympics, where the Soviet team unexpectedly lost to the United States. He played part of a single season in the National Hockey League after being drafted in 1989 by the Minnesota North Stars, becoming the oldest player to be drafted by an NHL team at the age of 36. In 1998, he was inducted into International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.
1952João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic[†]
João Manuel Rosado Barreiros, also known by the pseudonym José de Barros, is a Portuguese science fiction writer, editor, translator and critic.
1952Faye Kellerman, American author[†]
Faye Marder Kellerman is an American writer of mystery novels, in particular the "Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus" series, as well as three nonseries books, The Quality of Mercy, Moon Music, and Straight into Darkness.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]