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November 11, 1952

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7 Indicted in $228,000 Plot To Balk Jersey Gaming Cases; Fugitive Ex-Aide of Governor Charged With Receiving Fund to Bribe Officials in Bergen County Investigation GAMING BRIBE FUND IN JERSEY ALLEGED

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Bergen County grand jury charges racketeers raised $228,000 fund to bribe officials to drop probe; indicts H J Adonis, ex-exec clerk to Gov, A Adonis, late W Moretti and 4 others; charges Moretti also tried to influence Palisades Pk Mayor Dickerson; Dickerson confirms charge; says he notified Gov Driscoll; Driscoll says he alerted Atty Gen

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TITO SAYS HE SEEKS GRECO-TURK ACCORD FOR JOINT DEFENSE; Would Sign Formal Agreement With Two NATO Members if Direct Threat Came OUTLINES FOREIGN POLICY Accepts Invitation to London and Says He Would Come to U. S. if Asked TITO SEEKS ACCORD WITH NATO ALLIES

By C. L. Sulzbergerspecial To the New York Times

Tito int by C L Sulzberger on foreign policy

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Vishinsky Dims Truce Hope, Says Soviet 'Will Not Budge'; VISHINSKY REBUFFS SHIFT ON CAPTIVES

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Vishinsky says USSR 'will not budge' from stand on POWs, UN com; illus; offers new draft of USSR resolution; denies POWs have right to decide on repatriation; rejects Mex plan, opposes Peruvian; Padilla Nervo sees no hope for Mex plan; Belaunde hopeful for Peruvian plan; US repr comments

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LIE DECIDES TO QUIT HIS U. N. POST NOW TO 'SAVE THE PEACE'; Secretary General, in Stepping Aside, Says He Is Acting to Serve Freedom SETS NO EFFECTIVE DATE Will Remain Till a Successor Is Named -- East-West Fight Over Latter Looms LIE RESIGNS POST AS U. N. SECRETARY

By Thomas J. Hamiltonspecial To the New York Times

Lie resigns as UN Sec Gen in hope that move may help save peace; reptdly holds hostility toward him by USSR and Communist China bars him from active role to end war; says new Sec Gen chosen by Big 5 may prove more helpful

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CHURCHILL URGES U. N. SHUN DISHONOR ON KOREA CAPTIVES; Opposes Returning Prisoners 'by Force to Be Massacred' by Peiping Government PROMISES FIRM U. S. TIES Prime Minister Says Regime Will Support Eisenhower to Its 'Utmost Limit' CHURCHILL URGES U.N. SHUN DISHONOR

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

Churchill bars forced repatriation, s, Guildhall; says Kremlin sees war helping to disperse strength of free world

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Historical Context for November 11, 1952

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