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October 13, 1951

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Headlines from October 13, 1951

REDS CHARGE RAID CLOSE TO NEW SITE FOR TRUCE PARLEY; Strafing Planes Killed Korean Boy and Wounded a Second, Communists Declare ALLIED AIDES INVESTIGATE Liaison Meetings, Halted for Day, Will Resume to Settle Detail for Full Parleys

By Lindesay Parrott Special To the New York Times

UN repts teams agree plenary sessions be held at Panmunjom with each side providing 25 mil police in 1,000-yd area free of troops, agree to bar armed attack within 8,000-yd radius of Munsan, agree to equal access to Panmunjom from Kaesong and Munsan but still debate status of Kaesong; UN liaison officers illus; Communist Command charges UN planes strafe Panmunjom area, kill Korean child, wound another; UN officers go to scene; return to Allied camp; neither affirm nor deny charge;Peiping radio describes alleged straffing; questions US sincerity in talks

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POLICE CARS GUARD SANITATION TRUCKS; Trash Collectors Intimidated, Mulrain Says--Two Workers Discharged in Slowdown

By Unknown Author

2 discharged, 5 more suspended; more police called to guard workers; Mulrain charges pickets interfere with collections; Krasowski asks proof; to appeal suspensions; 36 suspended for refusing to work without police guard; 33 suspended for allegedly feigning illness; total suspensions at 280; Krasowski and Dept dispute figures on workers reptg sick and collections

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Notable Births

1951Stephen Bayley, Welsh journalist, author, and critic[โ€ ]

Stephen Paul Bayley is a Welsh writer and critic, known particularly for his commentary on architecture and design. He was founding CEO of the Design Museum in London in 1989, and has been a regular architecture, art and design critic for newspapers and magazines such as The Listener, The Observer, The Spectator and Car.

Historical Context for October 13, 1951

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