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July 24, 1950

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Headlines from July 24, 1950

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AURIOL FOR FORMING OF U.N. ARMY, HAILS QUICK KOREA ACTION; French President Calls for Permanent Police Force as 'Element of Security' HITS 'BLACKMAIL' METHODS Also Asks Armament Control in First Paris Statement Since the Invasion

By Harold Callender Special To the New York Times

Pres Auriol hails UN action; urges France support it

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34 SOLDIERS KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES; Air Force Transport Carrying 30 Tennessee Guardsmen Burns in South Carolina

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., July 23 --An Air Force troop carrier plane crashed into a field of stumps near the South Carolina coast today killing the thirty National Guardsmen and four crewmen aboard.

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B-29 Base Hums Smoothly All Day As Korea Raids Are Stepped Up; B-29'S RAID KOREA FROM BUSY FIELD

By Harold Faber Special To the New York Times

B-29 base activity described

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NEW YORK GUARDS ALERTED BY U.S.; Some Units in This and Other States Called for Service-- Dewey Plans Home Force

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Dewey acts to form State Guard

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1950Jadranka Stojaković, Yugoslav singer-songwriter (died 2016)^[†]

Jadranka Stojaković was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te nema", and "Bistre vode Bosnom teku".

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1950Cape Canaveral Air Force Station begins operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket.^[†]

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

Historical Context for July 24, 1950

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

Headlines from July 24, 1950

World News Summarized

AURIOL FOR FORMING OF U.N. ARMY, HAILS QUICK KOREA ACTION; French President Calls for Permanent Police Force as 'Element of Security' HITS 'BLACKMAIL' METHODS Also Asks Armament Control in First Paris Statement Since the Invasion

34 SOLDIERS KILLED AS PLANE CRASHES; Air Force Transport Carrying 30 Tennessee Guardsmen Burns in South Carolina

B-29 Base Hums Smoothly All Day As Korea Raids Are Stepped Up; B-29'S RAID KOREA FROM BUSY FIELD

NEW YORK GUARDS ALERTED BY U.S.; Some Units in This and Other States Called for Service-- Dewey Plans Home Force

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