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November 16, 1951

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LOSSES OF L.I. ROAD INCREASE $1,816,000 OVER 1950 PERIOD; Draper Reports Operation Has Been Made Possible by Not Paying Taxes and Interest P.R.R. FILES PLAN MONDAY Private Ownership Favored-- Authority's Proposals Are Due Before Year-End Authority to Report LOSSES OF L.I. ROAD INCREASE $1,816,000 Seasonal Gains Noted Increases Held Insufficient

By Unknown Author

Draper repts deficit, Jan-Sept, up $1,816,000 over '50 period; says non-payment of taxes and interest kept co operating

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ATROCITIES REPORT CONFUSES CAPITAL; FULLER DATA ASKED; Relatives of Men Seek Further Word on the Charge--Allies Wonder About Timing RIDGWAY PRESSES INQUIRY U.S. Bids Negotiators Limit Truce Line Discussion, Get On to Prisoners Issue Accounting Demanded Called Violation of Policy CAPITAL CONFUSED BY ATROCITY NEWS Timing Held Coincidental

By James Reston Special To the New York Times

reaction to Hanley rept, Washington; families of men missing or taken prisoner in Korea ask Pentagon on rept authenticity; UN member nations ask State Dept for data, ask why rept was issued at critical moment in truce talks; Pentagon and Ridaway demand acctg from Hanley; US urges relatives of troops be calm pending clarification; authorizes truce negotiators to get on to POW question; Pentagon orders probe on facts and motives behind pub; rept seen pol blunder; change in course of truce talks discounted

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Policeman Identified at Trial As Taker of $1,000 in Graft; Aide to Gross Says Payment Was for Use of Seized 'Work Sheets'--Clothier Picks 2 as Men He Fitted at Bookie's Expense 3 POLICEMEN CITED AS GRAFT TAKERS Gross Aide on Stand Work Sheets" Returned

By Kalman Seigel

dept trial of 29 policemen; M Rosenberg and Gross aide M Kapelsohn identify suspended patrolmen L J Galiero, K Jordan and J Hartling as graft-takers; Herwitz to ask Judge Leibowitz for grand jury testimony

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Notable Births

Andy Dalton (rugby union)

1951Andy Dalton, New Zealand rugby player[†]

Andrew Grant Dalton is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He captained the national team, the All Blacks, 17 times in tests. He is a second-generation All Black; his father Ray Dalton played in two All Blacks tests in the late 1940s.

Miguel Sandoval

1951Miguel Sandoval, American actor[†]

Miguel Sandoval is an American actor. He is known for his role on the NBC/CBS drama series Medium (2005–2011), where he played D.A. Manuel Devalos.

Historical Context for November 16, 1951

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