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October 3, 1950

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Headlines from October 3, 1950

VISHINSKY MOVES; Wants Red China and Russia on Body to Observe Balloting U.S. AND BRITAIN OBJECT Proposal Calls for Assemblies of North and South to Set Up Joint Temporary Rule

By A.m. Rosenthal Special To the New York Times

USSR bloc offers resolution calling for cease fire, withdrawal of foreign troops and natl elections for all-Korea govt; suggests N and S Korea Assemblies jointly pick comm to supervise elections and set up interim govt; backs UN comm to observe elections with USSR and Chinese reprs; US and GB score USSR-bloc plan for ignoring that N Korea had been judged aggressor; Vishinsky asks dissolution of UN Comm on Korea; again asks end to 'inhuman bombings' by US Air Force; scores 8-power plan; charges US pressureed 'economically dependent nations' to send forces into Korea; Min Limb (S Korea) says USSR blocked unification of Korea; says Korea expects UN to bring N Korea within jurisdiction of S Korea Govt

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World News Summarized

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Two South Korean divisions drove in force north of the Thirty-eighth Parallel, reaching thirty-five miles toward Wonsan, major port and rail junction. They captured Yangyang, Taepo and Kansong. Heavy antiaircraft fire downed three United ...

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Notable Births

1950Ronnie Laws, American jazz, R&B, and funk saxophone player[โ€ ]

Ronald Wayne Laws is an American jazz and smooth jazz saxophonist, and singer. He is the younger brother of jazz flutist Hubert Laws and jazz vocalist Eloise Laws, and the older brother of Debra Laws.

Historical Context for October 3, 1950

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