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February 25, 1952

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Headlines from February 25, 1952

IDLEWILD TO SPEND $1,350,000 AT ONCE TO SPUR EXPANSION; New Cargo Building, Taxiway and Operating Facilities Planned in Emergency NEW FLIGHTS ADD TO LOAD Authority, to Compensate for Newark Closing, May Also Put 2-Mile Strip in Use CHANGES DUE AT IDLEWILD AIRPORT IDLEWILD PROJECTS WILL BE EXPEDITED

By Joseph C. Ingraham

Port Authority plans $1.35-million expansion; temporary cargo bldg, taxiway for preferential runway and more service space planned; 38 more internatl and 100 more domestic flights to be handled; A J Tobin comment; map

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15% French Tax Rise Required, Faure Says; 15% RISE IN TAXES NEEDED BY FRANCE

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Faure conf with Cabinet; repts 15% rise needed to meet Nato commitments

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World News Summarized; MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1952

By Unknown Author

The Western Big Three foreign ministers expect to announce by tomorrow full, final agreement with Bonn on ending West German occupation. [1:8.]

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ARNALL SEES SOUTH SAFE AGAINST G. O. P; Predicts Truman or Russell Could Win -- Taft Endorses MacArthur Convention Talk ARNALL SEES SOUTH SAFE AGAINST G.O.P.

By the Associated Press

Repr Yorty scores Taft ref to war as 'unnecessary'; Taft explains stand

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ALLIES OFFER REDS SOLUTION TO SNARL ON SOVIET IN TRUCE; Propose Dropping Both Russia and Norway as Countries to Police Korean Armistice

By George Barrett

UN offers compromise plan calling for 4-instead of 6-nation truce teams; under plan. Communists could withdraw USSR, UN would withdraw Norway; Communists insist USSR is neutral

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1952Joey Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcyclist (died 2000)^[†]

William Joseph Dunlop was a Northern Irish roadracing motorcyclist from Ballymoney, County Antrim. In 2015, he was voted Northern Ireland's greatest-ever sports star.

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

Headlines from February 25, 1952

IDLEWILD TO SPEND $1,350,000 AT ONCE TO SPUR EXPANSION; New Cargo Building, Taxiway and Operating Facilities Planned in Emergency NEW FLIGHTS ADD TO LOAD Authority, to Compensate for Newark Closing, May Also Put 2-Mile Strip in Use CHANGES DUE AT IDLEWILD AIRPORT IDLEWILD PROJECTS WILL BE EXPEDITED

15% French Tax Rise Required, Faure Says; 15% RISE IN TAXES NEEDED BY FRANCE

World News Summarized; MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1952

ARNALL SEES SOUTH SAFE AGAINST G. O. P; Predicts Truman or Russell Could Win -- Taft Endorses MacArthur Convention Talk ARNALL SEES SOUTH SAFE AGAINST G.O.P.

ALLIES OFFER REDS SOLUTION TO SNARL ON SOVIET IN TRUCE; Propose Dropping Both Russia and Norway as Countries to Police Korean Armistice

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