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Drummond, (Sir) J: slain with wife and daughter, Lurs
incomplete primary results show Symington defeats Taylor by wide margin for Dem Sen nomination; Sen Kem renominated; P K Donnelly wins Dem Gov nomination; Symington carries Truman's home precinct; heavy vote noted in setback for Dem machine in local offices
foreign mins of US, Australia and New Zealand study USSR global threat, Honolulu conf
Eisenhower says he seeks to avoid high taxes, s to VFW
staff officers complete revision of draft truce terms; adjourn; Communists withdraw proposed changes on high-level conf proposal; UN, after inquiry, rejects Communist shelling charge; Peiping radio says that with end of staff talks 'complete agreement had been reached on entire armistice talks' except for POW issue
1952Pat MacDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Patrick Lee MacDonald is an American musician and songwriter. He was the singer, guitarist, and main songwriter for Timbuk 3, nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1987. He formed the duo with his wife, Barbara K. MacDonald, in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1984 before moving to Austin, Texas, that same year. Their breakup in 1995 spurred a solo career that has steadily produced releases in both Europe and the US. "MacDonald is long known for his playful, edgy songs," says Guitar Player magazine.
1952David McLetchie, Scottish lawyer and politician (died 2013)[†]
David William McLetchie CBE was a Scottish politician who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 1998 to 2005. He was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency from 2003 to 2011 and the Lothian region from 1999 to 2003 and 2011 to 2013.
1952Ton Scherpenzeel, Dutch keyboard player, songwriter, and producer[†]
Ton Scherpenzeel is a Dutch keyboardist, composer, lyricist, and founding member of Dutch progressive rock band Kayak. Subsequent to Kayak, Scherpenzeel joined British progressive rock band Camel. He also played for several years with Dutch band Earth and Fire and released several solo albums. After his participation in rock bands, he was associated with Dutch vocal project Opus and was the accompanying keyboardist to Dutch comedian Youp van 't Hek.
1952Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (born 1905)[†]
Frances Elizabeth Allan was an Australian statistician. She was known as the first statistician at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), as "the effective founder of the CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics", and for her advocacy of biometrics.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]