'49 POLICY TO CURB RED SPREAD IN ASIA IS BARED BY JESSUP; U.S. CHIEF DELEGATE TO U.N. DEFENDS JESSUP
By William S. White Special To the New York Times
Testifies on Amb Jessup loyalty, Sen subcom
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October 5, 1951
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MORETTI, GAMBLER, SLAIN BY 4 GUNMEN IN NEW JERSEY CAFE; Talkative Associate of Adonis and Costello Is Killed by 'Friends' Joking With Him LINK TO GROSS PLOT SEEN Hoodlum Said to Be Involved in 'Buying Off' of Bookie-- Hats Only Clues Found
By Joseph C. Ingraham Special To the New York Times
slain by 4 gunmen
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PRESIDENT ACCUSES PRESS OF REVEALING VITAL WAR SECRETS; Asserts 95% of the Security Information of the Nation Has Now Been Published DEFENDS HIS BAN ON DATA Queried Sharply by Reporters, Who Express Fear of Abuse by Overzealous Officials
By W.h. Lawrence Special To the New York Times
Pres Truman accuses press of revealing vital war secrets; defends his new security order; position modified later
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Moody Asks a Detroit Tax Inquiry To Crack the Gray Market in Steel; REVENUE INQUIRY IN DETROIT ASKED
By Clayton Knowles Special To the New York Times
Sen Moody asks shake-up of internal Revenue Bur unit, Detroit, to crack market; cites low morale and agent J J Weyn relationship with marketeers; asks Weyn replacement, rept to Comr Dunlap
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General Ridgway, replying promptly to the Communist rejection of his proposal that Korean truce talks be moved from Kaesong to Songhyon, asked the Red leaders to pick their own location, one that would be acceptable to him.
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Notable Births
1951Karen Allen, American actress[†]
Karen Jane Allen is an American film, television and stage actress. She made her film debut in the comedy film Animal House (1978), which was soon followed by a small role in Woody Allen's romantic comedy-drama Manhattan (1979) and a co-lead role in Philip Kaufman's coming-of-age film The Wanderers (1979), before co-starring opposite Al Pacino in William Friedkin's crime thriller Cruising (1980).
1951Bob Geldof, Irish singer-songwriter and actor[†]
Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist. He rose to prominence in the late 1970s as the lead singer of the Irish rock band the Boomtown Rats, who achieved popularity as part of the punk rock movement. The band had UK number one hits with his co-compositions "Rat Trap" and "I Don't Like Mondays". Geldof starred as Pink in Pink Floyd's film Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982).
Historical Context for October 5, 1951
In 1951, the world population was approximately 2,543,130,380 people[†]