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July 4, 1950

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Headlines from July 4, 1950

World News Summarized

By Unknown Author

United States troops have gone into action in Korea against the North Korean Communists, General MacArthur's headquarters reported. The front was called fluid around Suwon after having been nearly at a standstill. American troops were building up strength, from a base at Pusan. [1:8; map P. 2.] In one air action friendly planes fired rockets and machine guns on an American position. [2:2.]

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3.1 BILLION DEFICIT IS 2.4 BILLION LESS THAN U.S. EXPECTED; 1950 Fiscal Year's End Found Both Income and Outgo Off --Defense, Aid Cuts Cited TOTAL PUBLIC DEBT RISES 257.3 Billion Represents Gain of 4.5 Billion--Big Jump in 1951 'Red Ink' Forecast Laid to Drop in Receipts Details of Rise in Debt 3.1 BILLION DEFICIT RUN UP BY U.S. IN '50

By Charles E. Egan Special To the New York Times

Sec Snyder makes pub Treas statement of budget results, fiscal '50; shows $3,122 billion deficit, $2,411 billion below Truman estimate; drop in receipts noted

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HOLIDAY FATALITIES IN SHARP UPSWING; 1 EVERY 14 MINUTES; U.S. Traffic Toll Reaches 336, With 514 in All Accidents-- One Killed by Fireworks RECORD JAMS DUE TONIGHT 36,000,000 Cars on Highways --City Area's Beaches Again Crowded as Stores Close More Crowds at Beaches Thunder Showers Forecast HOLIDAY FATALITIES IN SHARP UPSWEEP Other Travel Under Normal

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With one day remaining of the four-day holiday week-end, traffic fatalities in the nation rose sharply yesterday to 336, an increase of ninety-six in twenty-four hours.

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Notable Births

Philip Craven

1950Philip Craven, English basketball player and swimmer[†]

Sir Philip Lee Craven is an English sports administrator, former Paralympic wheelchair basketball player, swimmer and track and field athlete. Between 2001 and 2017 he was the second president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

1950David Jensen, Canadian-English radio and television host[†]

David Allan Jensen is a Canadian-born British radio DJ and television presenter. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Jensen began as a radio DJ on Radio Luxembourg. Jensen was later a broadcaster for the BBC from 1976 to 1984, as a host on BBC Radio 1 and presenter on the TV music programme Top of the Pops from 1977 to 1984. Jensen has also hosted and presented for Capital FM and ITV among other stations.

Historical Events

Cold War

1950Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.[†]

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.

Historical Context for July 4, 1950

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