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BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 29 -- Alabama's Orange Bowl-bound football squad bolstered Coach Red Drew's bid for a new contract today by trampling Auburn, 21 to 0, in its last game of the regular season.
J Van Druten on playwriting
Now that two-thirds of the nation's railroad service is being performed by Diesel-electric locomotives, the most efficient power yet developed for hauling trains, railroad management is expected to devote an increasing amount of its talent to making passenger service profitable.
ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 29 -- Georgia Tech came alive in the last quarter today and whipped Georgia, 23 -- 9, but not until after Zeke Bratkowski's passes had run the undefeated Engineeers ragged for most of the game.
new form discussed; J Coggeshall Jr regrets SEC ban on earnings data
1952Semyon Bychkov, Russian-American conductor[†]
Semyon Mayevich Bychkov is a Soviet-born American conductor. He is the chief conductor and artistic director of the Czech Philharmonic.
1952Mandy Patinkin, American actor and singer[†]
Mandel "Mandy" Bruce Patinkin is an American actor and singer in musical theatre, television, and film. As a Broadway performer he has collaborated with Stephen Sondheim and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]