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May 5, 1951

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Headlines from May 5, 1951

M'ARTHUR TESTIFIES MARSHALL OVERRULED JOINT CHIEFS ON LIMITING CHINA PEACE TALKS; SAYS 'MAIN ENEMY' IS COMMUNISM, NOT RUSSIA; 2 POINTS AT ISSUE Chiefs Opposed Talk of U.N. Seat, Formosa, General Says TRUMAN IS ATTACKED MacArthur Denies Ban on Intelligence Aid, Calls Charge 'Tommyrot' THE GENERAL FACES THE FLASH-BULB BRIGADE MARSHALL'S VETO TOLD BY M'ARTHUR Refuses to Accept 'Gag' Communism Held Main Foe General Defends Giving Views Would Give Public the Facts Bombing Russians Opposed "Amazed How Wise I Was"

By William S. White Special To the New York Times.the New York Times (BY BRUCE HOERTEL)

US Sen coms hearing on MacArthur ouster and US policy; Gen MacArthur testifies Joint Cs/S, Mar, opposed including Formosa on agenda for Korean peace talks but were overruled by Sec Marshall; says Cs/S agreed non-Communist Formosa vital to US; charges Adm rept on Wake Is Conf indicates he urged occupying Formosa

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New Israeli-Syrian Fighting Breaks Out After Cease-Fire; Each Side Accuses Other of Having Violated Brief Truce Arranged Earlier in Day in U.N. Supervisory Commission ISRAEL, SYRIA FIGHT A NEW AFTER TRUCE Syrians Accuse Israel

By Sydney Gruson Special To the New York Times

fighting resumes shortly after truce comm arranges cease-fire based on UN supervision of neutral zone and on Syrian pledge not to hamper swamp drainage; Syrians renew attempt to seize hill of Tall al Matilla while de Ridder confs with Min Sharett; reptd repulsed; Syria denies invasion; claims Israelis attacked Arabs in neutral zone 1st

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Historical Context for May 5, 1951

In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[โ€ ]