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F Erickson gets 12-14 mos sentence at $1,000 fine; ct ascribes leniency to term served in NYC; aide A Levy gets suspended sentence
Brit and US Naval officers rept plans for angled flight decks on aircraft carriers for greater safety; sketch
C-119 crashes into mt 20 mi E of Seoul; 44 killed, including 37 soldiers returning from rest leave in Japan; mishap called war's worst
Tammany leader C Neal says father gave him $250,000 in '08; claims he lent money to officials, bet on races and supported himself with sum until it dwindled to $100, '52; Tammany aides E V Loughlin, H Rogers, A Rosenthal, M Klein and I D Neustein testify; Rogers says he became leader after pleas by Deputy Treas Brickman, DeSapio, Mancuso and Moses; says Mancuso had most power; G Pope says he knows Costello aide J P O'Connell; admits he called Williams seeking visitors pass for O'Connell to visit Erickson at Rikers Is
OPS authorizes 75¢-$1.35-a-ton rise in soft and hard coal prices to cover $1.50 wage rise; aide says further rise may be granted if Lewis wins $1.90
1952Rick Atkinson, American journalist, historian, and author[†]
Lawrence Rush "Rick" Atkinson IV is an American author and journalist.
1952Randy Savage, American wrestler (died 2011)[†]
Randy Mario Poffo, better known by his ring name "Macho Man" Randy Savage, was an American professional wrestler and professional baseball player. He is best known for his time in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]