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French Assembly passes bill to curb Coca-Cola sales as health threat; bill does not name Coca-Cola; backed by wine growers and Communists; gives Health Min unlimited power over plant-derived drinks
Israel and Jordan get proposal for 5-yr non-aggression pact, drafted at secret bilateral talks, for study; pact would change armistice to peace treaty except for permanent border demarcation
Controller's com studying const debt and tax limits makes rept urging local govts financing of certain projects outside debt limit; backed by Repub Legis leaders and Regents Bd
NYC Councilman McCarthy offers bill curbing sale of ammunition for concealed weapons
Sec Acheson, charging misrepresentation of his Jan 25 comment on Hiss, amplifies his stand, statement to Sen Appropriations Com; says he never condoned crime for which Hiss was convicted; questioned on State Dept data given to Hiss defense
1950Cold War: Klaus Fuchs is convicted of spying for the Soviet Union by disclosing top secret atomic bomb data.[†]
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]