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September 13, 1952

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Headlines from September 13, 1952

TRUMAN TO STUMP THROUGH 24 STATES; Starts 8,500-Mile Whistle-Stop Trip Across Nation Sept. 27 -- Talks Here on Oct. 11 TRUMAN TO STUMP THROUGH 24 STATES

By Anthony Levierospecial To the New York Times

Truman maps 24-state transcontinental whistle-stop tour and pre-Election Day ss in key states; itinerary; map

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FEDERATED EUROPE IS WIDELY FAVORED IN POOL ASSEMBLY; First Day of Debate on Plan Shows Majority of Members Support Political Unity ONLY 3 SPEAKERS OPPOSED Coal - Steel Group Declines a Joint Secretarial Service With European Council FEDERATED EUROPE IS WIDELY FAVORED

By Robert C. Dotyspecial To the New York Times

Assembly debates whether to study fed; Spaak expected to name permanent sec not connected with Eur Council; Assembly liaison with Council studied but not expected to be close as Eden wants; C Calmes (Luxembourg) apptd Mins Council sec

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SEWER TEST BARES HALF-BLOCK DEFECT; Pipe Found Missing in Project by G. C. Clemente as Queens Traces a Water Fault SEWER TEST BARES HALF-BLOCK DEFECT

By Will Lissner

Lundy repts finding defective section built by G C Clemente, Laurelton; missing pipe and broken spur let in water; other defects; G C Clemente promises to repair line; V Clemente silent on order to reopen another section

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NEO-NAZIS DISBAND PARTY IN GERMANY; Socialist Reich Secretary Says Members' Lives Are in Peril -- 9 Officials of Group Held NEO-NAZIS DISBAND PARTY IN GERMANY

By Drew Middletonspecial To the New York Times

Neo-Nazi Socialist Reichs party dissolves; sec F Heller says members' lives are in peril because USSR secret police in E Ger know names; party charges that W Ger Govt collaborated with Communists in attempts to bar party revd; Govt, fearing party members will go underground, orders 9 party officials held, Detmold; officials allegedly tried to organize Fascist cong under guise of 'natl rally movement'; Govt sources say party was split on accepting fiscal aid from USSR orgns; believe group that favored move now going underground; party members in state legislatures to keep seats as inds

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TAFT TO HELP EISENHOWER; BIDS FOLLOWERS BACK HIM; TWO AGREE ON BASIC ISSUES; OHIOAN WILL SPEAK Promises to Deal With Personalities in Stump Tour for General ACCORD IS REVISED HERE It Stresses Limits on Taxing and Spending and Adheres to Labor Law Principles TAFT JOINS FORCES WITH EISENHOWER

By Leo Egan

Taft-Eisenhower pact; they agree amendments must not alter basic principles

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Notable Births

1952Réjean Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player^[†]

Réjean Giroux is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger who played for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association. He is the father of NHL and KHL player Alexandre Giroux. As a youth, Giroux played in the 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Quebec Beavers minor ice hockey team.

1952Randy Jones, American pop and disco singer^[†]

Randolph Edward Jones is an American disco and pop singer and best known as the cowboy from Village People from 1977 to 1980, and again from 1987 until 1990.

1952Don Was, American bass player and producer^[†]

Don Edward Fagenson, known professionally as Don Was, is an American musician, bassist, record producer, music director, film composer, documentary filmmaker and radio host. Since 2011, he has also served as president of the American jazz label Blue Note Records.

Historical Context for September 13, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people^[†]