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Min Martin Artajo reptdly tells Cabinet all bars to aid pact with US are removed; rising inflation held factor
city covered by smoke from forest fires in South; illus
Stevenson attends ch, Springfield; visits Bloomington home; surprise reception in armory; asks people's prayers if elected
Truman declassifies State Dept '47 request of Joint Cs/S views on mil occupation of Korea in light of US mil security and Joint Cs/S rept; blames Eisenhower 'attacks' on mil and civilian officials, statement; says Eisenhower charges falsely that civilian officials' blunders led to war; Morse prior release of rept recalled; rept was signed by late J V Forrestal
1,600 renew riot; 1 shot
1952Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer[†]
Roseanne Cherrie Barr, also known mononymously as Roseanne, is an American actress, comedian, writer, and producer. She began her career in stand-up comedy, going on to achieve widespread recognition for her work as the eponymous lead character on the ABC sitcom Roseanne, for which she received an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
1952Jim Cummings, American voice actor[†]
James Jonah Cummings is an American voice actor. Beginning his career in the 1980s, he has appeared in over 400 titles. Cummings has frequently worked with the Walt Disney Company and Warner Bros., serving as the official voice of Winnie the Pooh since 1988, Tigger since 1989, the Tasmanian Devil since 1991, and Pete since 1992. Other notable roles include Fat Cat and Monterey Jack on Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989–1990), the title character on Darkwing Duck (1991–1992), Dr. Julian Robotnik on Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994), Kaa on Jungle Cubs (1996–1998) and The Jungle Book 2 (2003), Cat on CatDog (1998–2005), Ray in The Princess and the Frog (2009), and The Voice of Tomorrow for Tomorrowland music festival (2004-2025).
1952David Ho, Taiwanese-American scientist[†]
David Da-i Ho is a Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher, physician, and virologist who has made a number of scientific contributions to the understanding and treatment of HIV infection. He was a pioneer of combination anti-retroviral therapy instead of single therapy, which turned HIV from an absolute terminal disease into a chronic disease.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]