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Wu Hsiu-chuan demands maj voice in Asian affairs for Communist China as condition for peace in Korea, press conf; illus
Preparations have been made by industry and the armed services to step up national defense production orders on a vast scale almost immediately now that President Truman has declared a state of national emergency.
USLTA '50 rankings; A Larsen heads men's list
Southwest Conf restores wartime eligibility rules
1950Laurence F. Johnson, American educator and author[†]
Larry Johnson is an American futurist, author, and educator. Currently, Johnson serves as the Founder and CEO of EdFutures.org, an international think tank, and as a Senior Fellow of the Center for Digital Education. From 2001-2016, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium an international consortium of hundreds of universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies.
1950Maurice Peoples, American sprinter and coach[†]
Peoples was an assistant track coach, coaching sprinters and middle distance runners at Mesa Community College near ASU, 1976-77.
1950The F-86 Sabre's first mission over Korea.[†]
The North American F-86 Sabre, sometimes called the Sabrejet, is a transonic jet fighter aircraft. Produced by North American Aviation, the Sabre is best known as the United States' first swept-wing fighter that could counter the swept-wing Soviet MiG-15 in high-speed dogfights in the skies of the Korean War (1950–1953), fighting some of the earliest jet-to-jet battles in history. Considered one of the best and most important fighter aircraft in that war, the F-86 is also rated highly in comparison with fighters of other eras. Although it was developed in the late 1940s and was outdated by the end of the 1950s, the Sabre proved versatile and adaptable and continued as a front-line fighter in numerous air forces.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]