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Unified Command sees $42 million needed for direct relief in '51, rept to UN
India reply to Chinese Oct 30 note scores invasion; implies act damaged India-China relations; India asks Tibetan mission to Peiping not to proceed pending 'cease-fire'; Chinese note charges India was affected by 'foreign influences'; USSR support of China stressed in Moscow pub article; Peiping press alleges US and Brit attempts to control Tibet
subcom for each branch of transit indus formed to plan for buses emergency use
s on Dewey tax charges, ILGWU rally; on LIRR, Queens; on Hanley lr; s at other rallies
1950Massimo Mongai, Italian journalist and author (died 2016)[†]
Massimo Mongai was an Italian writer of science fiction and crime fiction.
1950Joe Queenan, American author and critic[†]
Joe Queenan is an American satirist and critic. He is the author of nine books, including Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon and If You’re Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble. His memoir Closing Time was a 2009 New York Times Notable Book.
1950Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board.[†]
Air India Flight 245 was a scheduled Air India passenger flight from Bombay to London via Cairo and Geneva. On the morning of 3 November 1950, the Lockheed L-749A Constellation serving the flight crashed into Mont Blanc, France, while approaching Geneva. All 48 aboard were killed.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]