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November 19, 1949

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Fighter-Type Planes Are Barred At LaGuardia, Idlewild Airports; 2 FIELDS HERE BAR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

By Unknown Author

Port Authority bans all fighters

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U. N. ASSEMBLY ASKS WEAPONS BE DENIED ALBANIA, BULGARIA; Approves Arms Embargo 50-6 and Extends Life of Unit Observing in Balkans SOVIET MOVE IS DEFEATED Return to Greece of Children in East Europe Is Backed on Unanimous Ballot U.N. ASSEMBLY ASKS BALKAN ARMS BAN

By A. M. Rosenthal

UN Assembly votes, 50-6 to ask member states to impose arms embargo on Bulgaria and Albania; votes to continue Balkan Com and efforts to repatriate Greek children; rejects USSR resolution for amnesty; scores aid to rebels as UN Charter violation and threat to peace

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$48,000,000 SOUGHT FOR ARAB REFUGEES; U. N. Survey Body Urges Plan of Relief and Public Works for Support of 652,000 $48,000,000 SOUGHT FOR ARAB REFUGEES

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

Clapp mission urges $48-million relief and work projects program for 652,000 refugees; projects to be carried out in neighboring Arab states; rept holds 348,0000 now getting relief not eligible because they are bona fide residents of Arab states; ruling backs Israeli view; rept notes wider scope of aid by private orgns

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U.S. GROUNDS B-29'S AS ANOTHER CRASH KILLS 5 IN FLORIDA; Vandenberg Directive Downs All Planes Not Modernized or Under Heavy Stress CRAFT PLUNGES INTO BAY Had Just Taken Off in Search for Sister Ship Believed Lost in Atlantic Off Bermuda U.S. GROUNDS B-29'S; ANOTHER CRASHES

By the Associated Press

5 killed, 4 hurt as other B-29 in search crashes, Tampa Bay, Fla

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Moscow, Tito Trade Spy Recall Demands

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

USSR demands Govt recall envoy L Latinovitch; charges espionage; Govt asks USSR recall 3 envoys

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1949Raymond Blanc, French chef and author^[†]

Raymond Blanc OBE is a French chef. Blanc is the chef at Le Manoir aux Quat' Saisons, a hotel-restaurant in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant has two Michelin stars and scored 9/10 in the Good Food Guide. He is entirely self-taught, and has taught or employed chefs including Heston Blumenthal, John Burton-Race, Michael Caines, Paul Liebrandt, and Marco Pierre White.

1949Ahmad Rashad, American football player and sportscaster^[†]

Ahmad Rashad is an American sportscaster and former professional football wide receiver. He was the fourth overall selection of the 1972 NFL draft, taken by the St. Louis Cardinals. He was known as Bobby Moore before changing his name in 1973.

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1949James Ensor, Belgian painter (born 1860)^[†]

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life. He was associated with the artistic group Les XX.

Headlines from November 19, 1949

Fighter-Type Planes Are Barred At LaGuardia, Idlewild Airports; 2 FIELDS HERE BAR FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

U. N. ASSEMBLY ASKS WEAPONS BE DENIED ALBANIA, BULGARIA; Approves Arms Embargo 50-6 and Extends Life of Unit Observing in Balkans SOVIET MOVE IS DEFEATED Return to Greece of Children in East Europe Is Backed on Unanimous Ballot U.N. ASSEMBLY ASKS BALKAN ARMS BAN

$48,000,000 SOUGHT FOR ARAB REFUGEES; U. N. Survey Body Urges Plan of Relief and Public Works for Support of 652,000 $48,000,000 SOUGHT FOR ARAB REFUGEES

U.S. GROUNDS B-29'S AS ANOTHER CRASH KILLS 5 IN FLORIDA; Vandenberg Directive Downs All Planes Not Modernized or Under Heavy Stress CRAFT PLUNGES INTO BAY Had Just Taken Off in Search for Sister Ship Believed Lost in Atlantic Off Bermuda U.S. GROUNDS B-29'S; ANOTHER CRASHES

Moscow, Tito Trade Spy Recall Demands

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