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rules elected Mayor will take office as soon after Nov 7 as he is officially qualified
Possibility of a Senate investigation of the charges that Governor Dewey is involved in a promise of a state job for Lieut. Gov. Joe R. Hanley and financial pressure to get him to retire as a candidate for Governor and accept the Republican nomination for Senator was seen yesterday.
Gen Eisenhower on formation of Columbia Univ project 'Amer Assembly' using univ staff and reprs of Govt, business, labor and professions to seek solutions to major problems
2 ex-plainclothesmen file for retirement after being ordered before grand jury; 12 detectives demoted; Murphy denies asking Deputy Comrs Boyle and Collins to resign
elements of US 1st Cavalry enter Pyongyang from S and E against resistance; take airport E of city; SK troops also enter; US 24th Div reptdly pushes through Chaeryong, reaches Taedong River opposite Chinnampo; other elements enter Kyomipo, thrust to Chinnampo-Pyongyang rd; SKs drive 6 mi from Hamhung to capture airfield; NK resistance stiffens, Chaeryong area; Sariwon cleared; abandoned equipment found, Sinmak and Suan; SK 8th and 6th Divs join W of Wonsan; mopping up continues in old SK perimeter; isolated NKs continue to hold Samchok and Utchin; Allied planes cut Pyongyang communications; block escape routes; strike at Nangung arsenal NE of Pyongyang; hit Sinanju; B-26s damage convoy N of Pyongyang; US forces illus
1950Yeslam bin Ladin, Saudi Arabian-Swiss businessman[†]
Yeslam bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin better known as Yeslam bin Ladin, also written Yeslam Binladin, as he prefers to spell it, is a businessman and the half-brother of the deceased al-Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden.
1950Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet and playwright (born 1892)[†]
Edna St. Vincent Millay was an American lyrical poet and playwright. Millay was a renowned social figure and noted feminist in New York City during the Roaring Twenties and beyond. She also wrote prose under the pseudonym Nancy Boyd.
1950China defeats the Tibetan Army at Chambo.[†]
The Battle of Chamdo occurred from 6 to 24 October 1950. It was a military campaign by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to take the Chamdo Region from a de facto independent Tibetan state. The campaign resulted in the capture of Chamdo and the annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China.
1950Korean War: The Battle of Pyongyang ends in a United Nations victory. Hours later, the Chinese Army begins crossing the border into Korea.[†]
The Korean War was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United States. The conflict was one of the first major proxy wars of the Cold War. Fighting ended in 1953 with an armistice but no peace treaty, leading to the ongoing Korean conflict.
1950Iran becomes the first country to accept technical assistance from the United States under the Point Four Program.[†]
The Point Four Program was a technical assistance program for "developing countries" announced by United States President Harry S. Truman in his inaugural address on January 20, 1949. It took its name from the fact that it was the fourth foreign policy objective mentioned in the speech.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]