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February 12, 1951

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World News Summarized

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U.S. TO ASK LATINS TO HALT RED TRADE; Control of Exports of Critical Materials Through Western Hemisphere Is Goal U.S. TO ASK LATINS TO HALT RED TRADE

By Walter H. Waggoner Special To the New York Times

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11--The United States was described in authoritative, quarters today as seeking a Hemisphere-wide export control policy to check the flow of critical materials to the Soviet Union and its satellites.

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CATHOLICS ATTACK CITY SCHOOL GUIDE; Fordham Group Calls Teacher Training Pamphlet Critical of Church Philosophy CATHOLICS ATTACK CITY SCHOOL GUIDE Allegation of Atheism

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6 Fordham Univ profs score NYC Educ Bd teacher training pub as atheistic

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CONDUCTOR ASSERTS HE FELT NO BRAKING BEFORE RAIL WRECK; Thought Train Was Going 'Too Fast' and Tried to Pull Cord at Woodbridge, He Testifies SAYS ENGINEER HAD ORDER Oral Instructions on By-Pass Were Acknowledged, He Adds --Death Toll Rises to 84 At Variance With Engineer Participants in Inquiry FELT NO BRAKING, CONDUCTOR SAYS Testifies on Overcrowding

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conductor Bishop queried in hosp by ICC repr and other officials; testifies he recd verbal orders to slow down for trestle, talked about them with Fitzsimmons before starting run and found speed too high when train neared trestle; says he did not feel brake applied, sought to pull emergency brake; favors use of yellow signs to signal slowing;clarifies their use on NY & Long Branch tracks; admits train was overcrowded; 84th victim dies; NJ Sen Pres Littel urges that Sen com get inquiry records

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PARALLEL CROSSED BY SOUTH KOREANS ON EASTERN FRONT; UNITED NATIONS FORCES ADVANCING IN KOREA PARALLEL CROSSED BY SOUTH KOREANS

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

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Historical Context for February 12, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people^[†]