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December 15, 1952

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Headlines from December 15, 1952

U. S. STORING ARMS TO EQUIP GERMANS IN NATO ALLIANCE; Enough Is Already Set Aside to Meet the Proposed Bonn Contribution, Paris Hears TREATY PRESSURE DENIED Adenauer, at Same Time, Calls Party Chiefs to Sift Means of Overcoming Opposition U. S. STORING ARMS TO EQUIP GERMANS

By Benjamin Wellesspecial To the New York Times

Shape officials see EDC best way to gain needed forces; Paris sources hold US stockpile of arms for Ger units not meant as pressure for ratification

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EISENHOWER, HERE, CONFIDENT OF SPEEDING KOREA SOLUTION; CALLS HIS TRIP A 'BEGINNING'; GENERAL HOPEFUL He Hints at Measures to 'Induce' Reds to Want Peace Also PLANS 'POSITIVE' PROGRAM Stresses Training of the R.O.K. and 'Problems of Supply' -- Praises Allied Armies EISENHOWER HOME, HOPEFUL ON KOREA

By Leo Egan

Eisenhower returns to NYC; confident that satisfactory solution can be speeded by steps that will induce Communists to want peace; warns there is no simple formula; sees war as phase of world-wide struggle against communism

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DEATH THREAT PUTS GUARD ON WITNESS FOR CRIME INQUIRY; Hiring Boss in Jersey Receives Police Protection as Study Turns to Hoboken Piers LITTLE MEN' WILL TESTIFY Grand Jury to Scan Conditions on Brooklyn Waterfront -- Port Future Seen at Stake Police Guard Crime Study Witness; Inquiry Turns to Hoboken's Piers

By Emanuel Perlmutter

Hoboken hiring boss A De Vincenzo assigned police guard as result of death threats; slated to testify before Comm; hearings on NJ conditions to stress testimony by rank-and-file workers; City Club of NY urges licensing of workers and creation of city-run hiring halls; says Penal Law coercion statute should be invoked; jury to question ss execs and union officials; Repr Roosevelt plans bill for Cong probe of port security in view of Comm revelations

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Notable Births

Rudi Protrudi

1952Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer[†]

Glen Dalpis, known by his stage name Rudi Action Protrudi, is an American rock musician, songwriter, record producer, artist, and actor best known as the lead vocalist and frontman of the garage band The Fuzztones.

Allan Simonsen

1952Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager[†]

Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona in Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup. Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the European Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals. Simonsen was named 1977 European Footballer of the Year.

Julie Taymor

1952Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Julie Taymor is an American director and writer of theater, opera, and film. Her stage adaptation of The Lion King debuted in 1997 and received eleven Tony Award nominations, with Taymor receiving Tony Awards for her direction and costume design. Her 2002 film Frida, about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, was nominated for five Academy Awards, including a Best Original Song nomination for Taymor's composition "Burn It Blue". She also directed the 2007 jukebox musical film Across the Universe, based on the music of the Beatles.

Historical Context for December 15, 1952

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