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NYC-NYS conf sees need for heavy new taxes if no alternatives are found
Sec Sawyer says Commerce Dept field studies indicate no major consumer goods price increases as result of steel rise; cites reasons
all escape
Eisenhower in NYC for wk; reception; Gen revises Southern itinerary; will not s at airports; he, wife, Dewey illus
40-and-8 Soc parades; illus; foreign relations com meets; Mayor Impellitteri opens project to record personal messages to US forces abroad
1952Kurban Berdyev, Turkmen footballer and manager[†]
Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev is a Turkmen-Russian football manager, and a former Soviet footballer who is in charge of the Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz. In 2017 he was included among top 50 managers in the world by fourfourtwo.com, at the 36th place, ahead of Brendan Rodgers.
1952Geoff Downes, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer[†]
Geoffrey Downes is an English keyboardist who gained fame as a member of the new wave group the Buggles with Trevor Horn, the progressive rock band Yes, and the supergroup Asia.
1952Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer and coach[†]
Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis, known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a specialist batsman, whose best performances came from 1982 to 1985.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]