7-12 Chinese divs roll toward NE beachhead; 2,500 including cavalry reptdly attack US 3d Div outpost near Sinsong; build-up also reptd in West; greater number of Russian-made planes reptd in action; MIGs fight 4 F-80s over Namsidong; escape across border; 2 believed damaged; 24 MIG-15s in dogfight with 4 F-80s S of Antung; biggest jet battle in history; ground fighting heavy N of Chunchon; SKs make small gains; UN forces beat off attack N of Hamhung; disperse 2d column moving down from NW; some infiltration reptd; 8-12 NK divs may have joined 27 Chinese divs; some POWs say Chinese will not cross 38th Parallel but will let NKs overrun S Korea; B-29s again hit Pyongyang; F-84s and F-51s hit Haeju communications

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RAIL STRIKE GROWS; MAILS EMBARGOED, INDUSTRY CRIPPLED; FREIGHT SHIPMENTS STALLED BY RAIL STRIKE

By George Eckel Special To the New York Times

strike spreads to Washington, Baltimore and St Louis; more embargoes and delays reptd; steel mills and stock-yds, Chicago, hit; strikers defy ct orders; Milwaukee threatened; 4 unions leaders see strike spread unless White House and mediation efforts are increased; Govt seeks temporary injunction; Army threatens contempt-of-ct action; Penna RR lists curbed and delayed trains

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1950Melanie Chartoff, American actress and comedian^[†]

Melanie Barbara Chartoff is an American actress and comedian. Chartoff first became famous for her comedy work on the ABC series Fridays (1980–1982), and in the 1990s Fox sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose. She voiced both Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka, Didi's mother on the Nickelodeon animated series Rugrats and All Grown Up!.

1950Sylvester James Gates, American theoretical physicist and professor^[†]

Sylvester James Gates Jr., known as S. James Gates Jr. or Jim Gates, is an American theoretical physicist who works on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. He is currently the Toll Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland. He also holds the Clark Leadership Chair in Science with the physics department at the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences. He is also affiliated with the University Maryland's School of Public Policy. He previously was the Brown University Theoretical Physics Center Director and the Ford Foundation Professor of Physics. He served on former president Barack Obama's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

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1950Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (born 1875)^[†]

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel, commonly known as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an Indian independence activist and statesman who served as the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India from 1947 to 1950. He was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, who played a significant role in the Indian independence movement and India's political integration. In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar, meaning "chief". He acted as the Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.

Historical Context for December 15, 1950

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

Headlines from December 15, 1950

World News Summarized

Rise for City Aides Urged by Civic Unit

G.E. CHIEF IS PICKED; GETS TOP WAR PRODUCTION POST

7 DIVISIONS ROLLING; RETREATING TO THE SOUTH IN KOREA

RAIL STRIKE GROWS; MAILS EMBARGOED, INDUSTRY CRIPPLED; FREIGHT SHIPMENTS STALLED BY RAIL STRIKE

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Historical Context for December 15, 1950