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October 28, 1950

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FOE REORGANIZES; South Koreans Rescue Regiment Surrounded Below Yalu River BRITISH IN HEAVY FIGHT Reds Use Tanks Near Kasan --8th Army Scouts Report of Chinese Force in Battle Battle in Unsan-Onjong Area Communists Infiltrate KOREAN REDS FIGHT SOUTH OF BORDER Enemy Fortifies Hills

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

NKs turn and fight 60 mi S of border, W coast; fighting heaviest in Unsan-Ongjong area; SKs take prisoners, apparently Koreans, from Chinese Army divs; SK gen says 40,000 Chinese crossed Yalu River recently; SK rgt encircled, Ongjong; rescued; Commonwealth brigade meets resistance, Kasan; SKs reptd beyond Chiktong en route to Pungsan; Truman statement on SK occupation of border area contrasted with official statements that UN mission is to clear NK

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MURPHY FORECASTS 1,000 WILL BE TAKEN IN POLICE ROUND-UP; Hoodlums Scared Away From Garden Fight--Detectives Scan Crowd in Vain BAG AT 459 AND GROWING 34 More Receive Workhouse Terms--Manhattan Leads in Arrests With 185 Detectives Sent to Garden Fifty-five Are Arraigned DRIVE TO NET 1,000, MURPHY FORECASTS

By Alfred E. Clark

Murphy predicts round-up of 1,000 hoodlums; 459 already held

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PECORA QUITS BENCH TO LEGALIZE RACE; CHARGES VOTE DEAL; Sends 1-Sentence Resignation to Albany, Ending 15 Years in State Supreme Court LAYS MEDDLING TO DEWEY Holds Governor Responsible for Impellitteri Candidacy in Plan to Split Party Resignation Expected Dewey Can Fill Vacancy PECORA QUITS POST ON SUPREME COURT

By Unknown Author

Pecora again makes debate challenge; says Sampson, Blaikie and Brickman forbid acceptance

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U.N. ASKED TO ALTER ANTI-SPANISH STAND; Latin-American Group Urges Entry of Madrid Into Some Agencies--U.S. Backs Step U.N. ASKED TO DROP ANRI-SPANISH CURB

By David Anderson Special To the New York Times

LAKE SUCCESS, Oct. 27--The United Nations was asked today to abandon the position it had taken against Spain in 1946. This reversal of policy, proposed by Latin-American countries sympathetic to Madrid, will receive the full support of the United States.

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2 Ex-Plainclothes Men Are Indicted As Perjurers in Brooklyn Gambling; 2 Ex-Plainclothes Men Are Indicted As Perjurers in Brooklyn Gambling Same Allegation in Doyle Case

By Milton Honig

J J Doyle Jr and A Feld, ex-plainclothesmen, indicted for perjury in testimony on 'accommodation' arrests; Lt J C Peterson quizzed in wiretap disappearance

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1950Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian journalist and activist^[†]

Sihem Bensedrine is a Tunisian journalist and human rights activist. In 2005, she was honored with the Oxfam Novib/PEN Award.

1950Ludo Delcroix, Belgian cyclist^[†]

Ludo Delcroix was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won the 9th stage in the 1979 Tour de France. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Historical Context for October 28, 1950

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

Headlines from October 28, 1950

FOE REORGANIZES; South Koreans Rescue Regiment Surrounded Below Yalu River BRITISH IN HEAVY FIGHT Reds Use Tanks Near Kasan --8th Army Scouts Report of Chinese Force in Battle Battle in Unsan-Onjong Area Communists Infiltrate KOREAN REDS FIGHT SOUTH OF BORDER Enemy Fortifies Hills

U.N. ASKED TO ALTER ANTI-SPANISH STAND; Latin-American Group Urges Entry of Madrid Into Some Agencies--U.S. Backs Step U.N. ASKED TO DROP ANRI-SPANISH CURB

2 Ex-Plainclothes Men Are Indicted As Perjurers in Brooklyn Gambling; 2 Ex-Plainclothes Men Are Indicted As Perjurers in Brooklyn Gambling Same Allegation in Doyle Case

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Historical Context for October 28, 1950