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April 17, 1950

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Grant Meets Lee at Appomattox Four Score and Five Years Later; A MEETING OF GRANT AND LEE AT APPOMATTOX YESTERDAY

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

McLean House, Appomattox surrender site, dedicated as natl shrine; Grant and Lee descendants participate; Dr D S Freeman s

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Big Ten Bars 'Live' Television Of Its Football Games This Year; 'LIVE' TELEVISION BARRED BY BIG 10 $5,000 For Each Game

By Unknown Author

Western Conf bans 'live' TV of all '50 games; films to be available day following game

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QUILL SAYS TIE-UP OF SHOP MEN TODAY WON'T HALT TRANSIT; His Union Will Do 'Everything Possible' to Keep the 4-Hour Protest From Spreading MURRAY BACKS STOPPAGE City Is Not Expected to Invoke Anti-Strike Law, Though a Citizen Could Act Under It Union Had Issued Warning Purpose of the Demonstration SHOP TIE-UP TODAY NOT TO HALT TRAINS Deficit Also Must be Met

By A.h. Raskin

Quill says demonstration will not halt operations; city to dock workers for time lost; will not invoke Condon-Wadlin Law; Quill and P Murray conf, Pittsburgh; Murray backs TWU

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Study of U.S. History Gains As More Colleges Require It; But Two-Thirds of Institutions Still Do Not Insist on Course--Educators Acclaim Its Value for Good Citizenship U.S. HISTORY STUDY GAINS IN COLLEGES Others Protest Requirement History An Admission "Must" Majoring Lapses Cited Its Value for Citizenship An Interpreter of Democracy

By Benjamin Fine

on US higher educ insts requirements for US history study by undergrads

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BRITISH MINISTRY DROPS FARM CRITIC; He Is Assailed by Growers' Union for Saying the Nation 'Featherbeds' Agriculture BRITISH MINISTRY DROPS FARM CRITIC

By Clifton Daniel Special To the New York Times

S Evans resigns as Food Min Parliamentary sec after Farmers Union protests his farm policy criticism

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Historical Context for April 17, 1950

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