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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. 23 -- "If he doesn't win this one," said Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt to a friend early this afternoon, "I'm not only going to be disappointed -- I'm going to be very surprised."
golf champion J Westland seeks Repub nomination for House
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 -- The Washington Redskins ended the speculation over their head coaching position today by naming Earl (Curly) Lambeau to the post vacated by Dick Todd.
The issue of Pravda, official organ of the Russian Communist party, that appeared in Moscow last Wednesday morning was a very special one. It had six pages instead of the usual four. The customary front-page editorial and articles on economic developments in the Soviet Union were missing.
AFTER "A Moon for the Misbegotten" had been acted in St. Louis in 1947, Eugene O'Neill and the Theatre Guild withdrew it for repairs. They still have no plans for putting it on in New York. When they concluded the road tour they announced officially that they were having serious trouble in casting the leading part.
1952Marion Bloem, Dutch author, director, and painter[†]
Marion Bloem is a Dutch writer and film maker of Indo descent, best known as author of the literary acclaimed book Geen gewoon Indisch meisje and director of the 2008 feature film Ver van familie.
1952Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jamaican dub poet[†]
Linton Kwesi Johnson CD, also known as LKJ, is a Jamaica-born, British-based dub poet and activist. In 2002, he became the second living poet, and the only black one, to be published in the Penguin Modern Classics series. His performance poetry involves the recitation of his own verse in Jamaican patois over dub-reggae, usually written in collaboration with reggae producer/artist Dennis Bovell.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]