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October 28, 1961

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RED CHINA CALLS FALL-OUT ALERT; Warns Against Radioactivity 'From All Directions' Red China Radio Alerts People To Danger of 'General Fall-Out'

By Reuters

HONG KONG, Oct. 27 -- Communist China broadcast an urgent warning tonight against radioactive fan-out for its northern provinces.

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PENTAGON ORDERS 780-MILLION CUT IN AIR PROGRAMS; Rejects Extra Sum Voted for the B-70 and Space Glider -- Will Halt B-52 Output PENTAGON ORDERS AIR PROGRAM CUT

By Jack Raymond Special To the New York Times

Defense Dept orders B-52 production ended, '62, as originally planned; Sen Stennis scores decision

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MEETING ON MILK CALLED BY MAYOR; Dealers Seek Delay in City Hall Parley -- Mediators Join in Negotiations MEETING ON MILK CALLED BY MAYOR

By Ralph Katz

asks both sides to City Hall conf; state and Fed mediators join talks; mgt urges Wagner not to insist on conf; price gouging, 'illicit' deliveries from NJ and store tie-in sales reptd

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Big Rebuilt Carrier Commissioned Here; Supercarrier Is Commissioned In a Ceremony of Superlatives

By Walter Carlson

carrier Constellation commissioned, NY Naval Yd; crew and bldrs hon with ticker-tape parade and City Hall reception; Dir Beame s for Mayor Wagner, proclaims Constellation Day; Walker replies; illus

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U.N., 87-11, APPEALS TO SOVIET ON TEST; Assembly Calls on Kremlin to Withhold Big Bomb -- Fall-Out Watch Asked U.N. VOTES WATCH ON FALL-OUT PERIL

By Kathleen Teltsch Special To the New York Times

Assembly, 87-11, approves 8-nation appeal against 50-megaton bomb test; USSR bloc, Cuba and Outer Mongolia opposed

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Historical Context for October 28, 1961

In 1961, the world population was approximately 3,064,869,675 people^[†]