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US troops counter-attack S of Wonju after heavy strikes by B-29s; US 2d Div rgt drives enemy from Hill 247; 2 enemy attacks beaten off S of Wonju; NKs take Yongwol; enemy reptd concentrated near Ochi and Osan; map
Garford Labs, controller of Grow System Beauty School, and 105 persons, including 199 veterans, indicted for conspiracy to defraud VA; students allegedly enrolled at school but never attended
LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 12--United Nations delegations, lining up almost unanimously in favor of proposals for a Far Eastern conference after a cease-fire in Korea, hoped to vote tomorrow on a formal ...
Big 3 agree to form nucleus for buying pools; outline; allocations seen possible
1951First Indochina War: The Battle of Vĩnh Yên begins.[†]
The First Indochina War was fought in Indochina between France and the Việt Minh, and their respective allies, from 19 December 1946 until 1 August 1954. The Việt Minh was led by Võ Nguyên Giáp and Hồ Chí Minh. The conflict mainly happened in Vietnam.
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]