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Sen Taft silent on Eisenhower proposals
Princess Kathleen (SS): runs aground on reef N of Juneau, Alaska; sinks; all 416 aboard safe; passengers taken to Juneau; ship illus
F-86s down 2 MIGs, probably down 1, damage 3; weather curbs action
3 factories in Middlesex County (Ford, Johnson & Johnson and Studebaker) will have in-plant regis for employes; 1st victory in CIO 10-yr fight for in-plant regis; NJ CIO, Pres Holderman comment
1952Will Lee, American bass player[â ]
Will Lee is an American bassist known for his work on the Late Show with David Letterman as part of the CBS Orchestra and The World's Most Dangerous Band during Lettermanâs tenure as host of NBCâs Late Night.
1952Geoff Miller, English cricketer[â ]
Geoffrey Miller, is an English former cricketer, who played in 34 Test matches and 25 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1976 and 1984. Nicknamed "Dusty", he played for Derbyshire from 1973 to 1986, captaining the side from 1979 to 1981, and returned in 1990 after playing for Essex between 1987 and 1989. He was an England selector from 2008 to 2013 and was appointed President of Derbyshire C.C.C. in March 2014. He was a part of the English squad which finished as runners-up at the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
1952Graham Mourie, New Zealand rugby player[â ]
Graham Neil Kenneth Mourie is a former New Zealand All Black flanker and coach of the Hurricanes. He was one of the great All Black captains in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was first selected for the All Blacks in 1976, captaining a second-string New Zealand team that toured South America. He was selected again for the All Blacks against the touring British Lions in 1977, and captained the side to France later that year, replacing Tane Norton as captain.
1952The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.[â ]
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster, with its English-language and French-language service units known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[â ]