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February 11, 1952

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Headlines from February 11, 1952

Harvard Seeks $5,000,000 For Religious Study Center; Divinity School to Expand to Interdenominational Seat of Learning HARVARD TO SET UP A DIVINITY CENTER AIDS RELIGIOUS DRIVE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

$5-million program to revitalize Divinity School planned on basis of '47 rept by J L O'Brian comm; expanded faculty, regis and curriculum sought with faculty nominated by interdenominational clerical bd; $500,000 subscribed; O'Brian is fund drive chmn, G B Blaine chmn of exec com; 8 Prot clergymen named to faculty-nomination bd; Dean Sperry successor sought; Pres Conant, O'Brian and Blaine comment on project; excerpts from '47 rept

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Kirk, Ex-Envoy to Moscow, Heads Group Helping Anti-Soviet Exiles; KIRK NOW HEADS LIBERATION GROUP

By Unknown Author

Kirk elected chmn of Amer Com for Liberation of Peoples of Russia; statement; por

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7 DEAD, 19 INJURED IN SNOW MANEUVER; 4 G.I.'s Killed in C-46 Take-off Crash at Camp Drum Games -- 'Aggressor' Force Gains 7 DEAD, 19 INJURED IN SNOW MANEUVER ATTACKING FORCE GAINS IN WAR GAMES

By Kalman Seigelspecial To the New York Times

2 GIs killed, 5 hurt as NY Central train rams Army truck near Spragueville

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ALLIED TRUCE TEAM RESISTS SPONSORING AN ALL-ASIA PARLEY; Tells Enemy Military Command Cannot Fix Scope or Method of Korea Peace Talks REDS REJECT U. N. DRAFT Term It Vague and Ambiguous, but Agree to Let Embattled Republic Be a Conferee WIDE KOREA TALKS OPPOSED BY ALLIES

By Lindesay Parrottspecial To the New York Times

UN opposes internatl conf on all Asian problems; holds mil command cannot fix scope or method of diplomatic contact among govts; Communists demand internatl conf and no other form of action

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DC-6'S MOTOR FAILS; Miami-Bound Craft Goes Into Dive, Hits House, Lands in Street PLANE SPLITS APART Many in the Tail Section Saved -- Wings Just Miss Orphanage PLANE, 62 ABOARD, FALLS IN ELIZABETH

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Miami-bound DC-6 with at least 62 aboard crashes into apt bldg, Elizabeth, NJ, mint after Newark take-off; 22 reptd dead; bldg set afire; 20 passengers saved when rear sec splits on ground impact; pilot tried to return to field when motor failed; 48 rept rescued from apt bldg; crew killed, stewardess N Taylor survives

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Historical Context for February 11, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people^[†]