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protest meeting held; group to ask PSC to reopen case; will study plan to set up own power plants; scores 'undue haste' between issuing of rate rise and effective date
Defeated for renomination; illus
Eisenhower bars appeals to bias; conf with Mrs F P Heffelfinger and Iowa group on Farm Belt campaign; gets Taft backers Gov Jordan, G T Hansen support; conf with Dewey aides J Burton and Comr Keller
Mayor's exec sec held on extortion charge in alleged over-ceiling auto sale case
Greek troops fire on Gamma island; Bulgarian patrol withdraws; UN observers on scene; messages quoted
1952Anton Fig, South African-American drummer[†]
Anton Fig is a South African session drummer perhaps best known as the drummer and second-in-command for Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band. David Letterman, for whom the band served as house band on his late-night talk shows, often called Fig "Anton Zip" or "Buddy Rich Jr." Fig is also known for his work with Kiss, Ace Frehley, and Joe Bonamassa.
1952Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author[†]
Jostein Gaarder is a Norwegian intellectual and author of several novels, short stories, and children's books. Gaarder often writes from the perspective of children, exploring their sense of wonder about the world. He often utilizes metafiction in his works and constructs stories within stories. His best known work is the novel Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (1991). It has been translated into 60 languages; there are over 40 million copies in print.
1952Doug Melvin, Canadian baseball player and manager[†]
Robert Douglas Melvin is a Canadian front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB) who previously served as the general manager of the Texas Rangers (1995–2001) and Milwaukee Brewers (2002–2015). He is currently a senior advisor for the Brewers.
1952Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author[†]
Robin Quivers is an American radio personality best known for being the long-running co-host of The Howard Stern Show.
1952Sudhakar Rao, Indian cricketer[†]
Ramchandra Sudhakar Rao is a former Indian cricketer. He played domestic cricket for Karnataka and played one One Day International for India against New Zealand in 1976.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]