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March 20, 1950

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Headlines from March 20, 1950

EYSKENS SEEKING NEW GOVERNMENT IN BELGIAN CRISIS; Will Try to Form a Cabinet for Single Task of Restoring Leopold to Throne SOCIALISTS FAVOR STRIKES Party Parley Backs Continued Walkout Tactics to Force Abdication by King EYSKENS SEEKING NEW BELGIAN RULE

By Sydney Gruson Special To the New York Times

Eyskens to try for coalition with Liberals for sole task of restoring King; Socialists reaffirm opposition; plan strikes; King reptd unconcerned over Socialists moves

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RENT COMPROMISE DEBATED BY G.O.P. AT DEWEY MEETING; Governor and Party Leaders Weigh Westchester Hostility --Await County's Views CITY'S NEEDS CONSIDERED 20,000 Tenants Face Increase Here it Court Upsets Laws --Thruway Row Goes On RENT COMPROMISE DEBATED BY G.O.P. Thruway Fight Is Pressed School-Hospital Needs Cited Finance Law Involved

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

Repub leaders conf with Gov Dewey on possible compromise with Westchester Repubs

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World News Summarized

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4,000 RIOT IN SAIGON IN PROTEST AT VISIT OF 2 U.S. WARSHIPS; 80 Believed Injured as French Police Fight Demonstrators Who Burn Market Place AMERICAN FLAGS TORN OFF Students, Workers Marching on Docks Shout 'Down' With Washington Aid, Hail Ho 4,000 Ho Adherents Riot in Saigon To Protest Visit by U.S. Warships Converge on Dock Taken Over by Communists

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students and workmen backing Ho Chi Minh riot, Saigon, to protest presence of US ships; 80 believed injured; 5 policemen hurt, Toulouse, France, in Communist-led riot protesting arrest of soldier opposing war

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Woman Clerk Outshoots Gunman, Is Held for Lacking a Pistol Permit

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Mrs E Lanier held, NYC, for illegal pistol posession after shooting gunman

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Historical Context for March 20, 1950

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