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February 3, 1950

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M'MAHON PROPOSES 50 BILLION CRUSADE TO HALT ATOM RACE; He Appeals to U.S. to Consider Almost Any 'Bold Step' to Get Accord With Russians WOULD THEN EXTEND AID Truman Indicates He Will Not Seek New Talks With Soviet Because of Hydrogen Bomb McMahon Proposes Peace Crusade Of 50 Billion to Halt Atomic Race No Foreign Policy Attack Would Stress Peace Desire

By William S. White Special To the New York Times

Proposes US 5-yr, $50 billion plan to promote world peace

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REVIVAL OF AIRLIFT THREATENED BY U.S. IN BERLIN ROAD JAM; 'Countermeasures' Are Being 'Actively Considered,' State Department Aide Asserts PARIS PACT HELD VIOLATED Soviet Said to Impose Further Restrictions on Traffic to and From Western Zones Department "Watching Carefully" Countermeasures" Not Defined REVIVAL OF AIRLIFT THREATENED BY U.S. Transport Near Standstill Situation to Be Discussed McCloy to Go to Berlin

By Walter H. Waggoner Special To the New York Times

US threatens counter-measures; charges June 20 '49 pact violated; State Dept aide M J McDermott int

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GANG SLAYING SEEN IN FAKE MONEY CASE; Turiano, Called Second Man in $1,000,000 Ring, Disappeared Last Jan. 10, Court Is Told GANG SLAYING SEEN IN FAKE CHECK CASE Must Produce Turiano Today Both Men on Probation Left Family Watching Video

By Meyer Berger

Turiano, A: from NYC

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By Winston Churchill: The Second World War; Volume III The Grand Alliance Book I Germany Drives East INSTALLMENT 8: THE GREEK CAMPAIGN By Winston Churchill: The Second World War INSTALLMENT 8 THE GREEK CAMPAIGN LINES QUOTED BY MR. CHURCHILL, AND THEIR AUTHOR

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Lines quoted in W S Churchill memoirs; facsimile; bust illus

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OWNERS WALK OUT ON LEWIS MEETING; BACK TRUMAN PLAN; Useless to Keep On With Talks, Say North and West Groups in Accepting Fact Finding MINERS' CHIEF IS AROUSED Union to Fight On, He Asserts Refuses to Say if He Will Reply to Truce Proposal AFTER OPERATORS QUIT COAL PARLEY OWNERS WALK OUT ON LEWIS MEETING

By Joseph A. Loftus Special To the New York Times.the New York Times (BY BRUCE HOERTEL)

Truman denies rept attributed to Sen Byrd that he agreed not to invoke law

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Notable Births

Morgan Fairchild

1950Morgan Fairchild, American actress^[†]

Patsy Ann McClenny, known professionally as Morgan Fairchild, is an American actress. She began acting in the early 1970s and has had roles in several television series since then.

Pamela Franklin

1950Pamela Franklin, Japanese-English actress^[†]

Pamela Franklin is a British former actress. She is best known for her role as Sandy in the film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), for which she won a NBR Award and received a BAFTA Award nomination.

1950Grant Goldman, Australian radio and television host (died 2020)^[†]

Grant Goldman was an Australian radio and television presenter. He worked as both a voice-over and live presenter.

Historical Context for February 3, 1950

In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people^[†]