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August 6, 1951

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REDS ADMIT VIOLATING TROOP ACCORD, SAY FORCES WERE IN KAESONG IN ERROR; RIDGWAY DEFERS REPLY ON TRUCE TALKS; A MOVE THAT LED TO SUSPENSION OF TRUCE TALKS COMMUNISTS ADMIT KAESONG VIOLATION

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

Communist high command admits violation; calls presence of troops 'mistake'; repts again ordering strict adherence to accord; asks resumption of talks, Pyongyang radio message by Kim and Peng; Peiping radio repts 'person responsible' was reprimanded; Ridgway hdqrs silent; UN team flies to Tokyo

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T.W.U. TO CHARTER POLICE TOMORROW; Quill to Be Asked to Present at Once Demands for More Pay and Shorter Hours T.W.U. TO CHARTER POLICE TOMORROW Action Speeded by Quill

By Joseph C. Ingraham

TWU to issue charter; Carton comments; holds NYS and NYC adms responsible if affiliation obtains; to ask NYS Police Conf to denounce TWU drive; Quill challenges him to pub debate

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4 Walk Away After 2 Planes Crash 1,400 Feet Up; 5th Man in Hospital

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

USMC trainer collides with private plane on landing approach, Westchester County Airport; only 1 hurt

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More Quit City Than Move In But Births Give 10-Year Grain; Net "Out-Migration" 135,000 TREND OUT OF CITY AT PEAK IN DECADE Growth Below Other Big Cities

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Chmn Bennett on Planning Comm census analysis to appraise needs

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Berlin Youth Rally Whipped Into Frenzy Against the U.S.; BERLIN RED RALLY SWEPT BY FRENZY 'Shadow of Fascism' on U.S. 500,000 Participants

By Drew Middleton Special To the New York Times

parade opens Festival; 100,000 pledge fealty to USSR and enmity to US; fanaticism noted; 6 US reprs in parade; 34 E Eurs flee to W Berlin

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1951Catherine Hicks, American actress^[†]

Catherine Mary Hicks is an American retired actress. She played the character Annie Camden on the long-running television series 7th Heaven. Other roles included Dr. Faith Coleridge on the soap opera Ryan's Hope (1976–1978), her Emmy Award-nominated performance as Marilyn Monroe in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980), Dr. Gillian Taylor in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Carol Heath in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), and Karen Barclay in Child's Play (1988).

1951Daryl Somers, Australian television host and singer^[†]

Daryl Paul Somers is an Australian television personality and musician, and a triple Gold Logie award winner. He rose to national fame as the host and executive producer of the long-running comedy-variety program Hey Hey It's Saturday and continued his television celebrity and status as host of the live-performance program Dancing with the Stars.

Historical Context for August 6, 1951

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

Headlines from August 6, 1951

REDS ADMIT VIOLATING TROOP ACCORD, SAY FORCES WERE IN KAESONG IN ERROR; RIDGWAY DEFERS REPLY ON TRUCE TALKS; A MOVE THAT LED TO SUSPENSION OF TRUCE TALKS COMMUNISTS ADMIT KAESONG VIOLATION

T.W.U. TO CHARTER POLICE TOMORROW; Quill to Be Asked to Present at Once Demands for More Pay and Shorter Hours T.W.U. TO CHARTER POLICE TOMORROW Action Speeded by Quill

4 Walk Away After 2 Planes Crash 1,400 Feet Up; 5th Man in Hospital

More Quit City Than Move In But Births Give 10-Year Grain; Net "Out-Migration" 135,000 TREND OUT OF CITY AT PEAK IN DECADE Growth Below Other Big Cities

Berlin Youth Rally Whipped Into Frenzy Against the U.S.; BERLIN RED RALLY SWEPT BY FRENZY 'Shadow of Fascism' on U.S. 500,000 Participants

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Historical Context for August 6, 1951